Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Sonic the Hedgehog is based on the popular video game created by Sega, primarily seen as an effort to give to their console and portable systems a mascot and platform game to compete with...
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Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Although the subgenre had been around almost as long as talkies were, Outrageous Fortune is notable for being the first “buddy comedy” from Hollywood to boast two female actors as the stars. There are...
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Adapted from Austin Wright’s 1993 novel, “Tony and Susan”, Nocturnal Animals has two storylines to follow, one the presumed reality, and the other a presumed fictitious one dramatized from the contents of the manuscript of a...
We’re the Millers (2013)
Jason Sudeikis (Epic, Horrible Bosses) stars as a life-long slacker named David, a two-bit pot dealer who gets into a tangle with a group of nasty thugs that sees his stash of $43,000 worth weed...
The Evil Dead (1981)
Sam Raimi’s directorial debut, The Evil Dead, is one in which the target audience, i.e., lovers of good ol’ gory horror flicks, will relish every second of, while your casual moviegoer with a passing interest may...
Rain Man (1988)
Cruise (Cocktail, Top Gun) stars as self-absorbed California businessman Charlie Babbitt, who heads to the Midwest to attend his estranged father’s funeral and to see what will happen to his $3 million estate. Surely it...
The Hitcher (1986)
The mad hitchhiker film didn’t start with The Hitcher, but that didn’t stop it from leaving an indelible mark on the subgenre. Prior to its release, there had been 1947’s The Devil Thumbs a Ride, the...
The Sure Thing (1985)
Rob Reiner followed up his cult smash comedy, This is Spinal Tap, with a more conventional form of film: the road trip comedy. It’s a bit of an easy putt to make on first glance,...
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Kevin Smith’s (Dogma, Chasing Amy) fifth film was intended to be his last in the microverse (aka, the View Askewniverse) of Jay and Silent Bob, who appeared as characters in his four previous films, though...
Broken Flowers (2005)
Nicely directed by quirky filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, and just as nicely performed in the comic subtlety department by veteran Bill Murray, Broken Flowers may lose more mainstream audiences expecting an obvious laugh riot, but those looking...