Tag Archives: comedy

10 Movies About Aliens That Don’t Have Any Language Barriers

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Science fiction is a funny business. You want to have just enough scientific realism to be believable, but you don’t want to spend the whole film talking about hardware or the linguistics problems involved in human-alien communication. Some movies manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, action movies, alien, aliens, comedy, dark city, ed wood, et the extra terrestrial, fantastic four, films, fun, funny, guardians of the galaxy, humor, masters of the universe, movie review, movies, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, plan 9 from outer space, santa claus, science fiction, sequels, superman, thor | 11 Comments

5 TV Shows Named After Their Most Useless Character

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Irony can be hilarious. Most TV show titles are pretty straightforward: Seinfeld is about a guy named Jerry Seinfeld. The Simpsons is about the Simpson family. Doctor Who is about a Time Lord from another planet who travels through time … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged comedy, fun, gilligans island, inspector gadget, pierce brosnan, remington steele, scooby doo, the venture bros, TV shows | 8 Comments

Unidentified Flying Oddball – What Were They Thinking?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I had planned on writing a Forgotten Film Gem article this week about a 1979 Disney film called Unidentified Flying Oddball. I hadn’t seen it in years, but I remembered enough good things about it that I figured it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged bad movies, comedy, disney, films, fun, funny, humor, jokes, movie review, movies, movies based on books, NASA, puns, relationships, romance, science fiction, space, space exploration, time travel | 2 Comments

Pleasant Surprises: Penelope

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Penelope is a whimsical little film about a girl who spends the first 25 years of her life with a pig snout for a nose. I thought it was bizarre the first time I saw it. But then I gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged addiction, comedy, fantasy, films, funny, love, movie review, movies, penelope, relationships, romance | 5 Comments

10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I’m not really a fan of most romantic comedies, But sometimes a film in this genre truly does please. Like 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You, An adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. For some reason, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 10 things i hate about you, comedy, films, fun, funny, heath ledger, humor, joseph gordon-levitt, julia stiles, movie review, movies, movies based on books, poems, poetry, puns, relationships, romance, seattle, william shakespeare | 5 Comments

Most Comedic Actors Have a 10-Year Window of Greatness

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Nothing lasts forever. Case in point, comedic actors. Even the ones who reach superstar status and enjoy years of success eventually slip into mediocrity. The interesting thing is the pattern they follow. I’ve noticed that usually these kinds of actors … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, actors, adam sandler, bill murray, chevy chase, comedy, dan aykroyd, eddie murphy, films, fun, funny, humor, jim carrey, jokes, mike myers, movies, parody, puns, rick moranis, robin williams, steve martin | 10 Comments

Ivan Reitman vs. Barry Sonnenfeld

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It’s not easy directing comedy films. You can be seemingly unstoppable one minute and then have everything change the next for a number of reasons. Moviegoers’ tastes may change and certain styles of comedy go in and out of favor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged barry sonnenfeld, comedy, directors, films, funny, ghostbusters, humor, ivan reitman, men in black, movies, sequels | 5 Comments

10 Actors Who Played Diametrically Opposed Characters

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

A great actor can play anyone, even if it means playing two characters that seem similar in some respects but are actually the opposite of each other in big and small ways. I’ve come up with a list of 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, actors, al pacino, chris evans, comedy, films, fun, james bond, jeff bridges, johnny depp, matthew broderick, movie review, movies, richard gere, science fiction, timothy dalton | 16 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: The Villain

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Remember that time when director Hal Needham got really drunk and decided to cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cowboy in a western comedy? Yes, that really happened. Maybe not the drunk part, but I assume he had to be out … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged arnold schwarzenegger, cartoon, comedy, cowboy, films, fun, funny, hal needham, humor, jokes, kirk douglas, looney tunes, movie review, movies, puns, relationships, romance, villains, western genre | 13 Comments

Bill and Ted vs. Wayne and Garth

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I recently re-watched Wayne’s World and it brought back a lot of fun memories. It got me thinking about another cinematic pair of rockers: Bill and Ted. I was tempted to compare the two duos. After all, Bill and Ted … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged bill and ted, bill and teds excellent adventure, comedy, films, fun, funny, movie review, movies, parody, romance, satire, science fiction, sequels, star trek, wayne and garth, waynes world | 14 Comments