Norbit

2007 had very few comedies. “Hot Fuzz” is my number one film of the year and also one of my all-time favorite films. “Superbad” became a modern classic. Disney’s “Enchanted” poked fun at Disney Princess movies subverting cliches. Will Ferrell & Jon Heder played rival ice skaters turned friends in “Blades of Glory.” 2007 was […]

The Last Boy Scout

After “Lethal Weapon 2” was released in 1989, Shane Black (one of my favorite writers) worked on an original script inspired by his breakup with a girlfriend as a serious and less funny version of “Lethal Weapon” with Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans teaming up to investigate a slain woman tied to a crooked Politian […]

Flashback Review: Coneheads (Paramount’s Flops Vol. 1 #6)

In 1975, fresh from his stint on “Laugh-In,” Lorne Michaels creates a sketch comedy called, “Saturday Night Live, (SNL) which paved a wave of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray (replaced Chevy) Jane Curtain, Garett Morris, Laraine Newman, and both the late Gilda Radner & John Belushi. Primarily filmed in front of a […]