The Simpsons Movie (Full Screen Edition) (2007)
Amazon.comThe Simpsons had already ruled TV land for many years by the time they finally attempted to conquer the movie world as well. It was never any big secret that a Simpsons movie was in the works: Fox registered the domain name “Simpsonsmovie.com” in 1997, a full nine years before the film was finally greenlighted. When creator/producer Matt Groenings creation finally made it to the big screen in 2007, it only turned out to be the biggest hit of the summer, raking in over $10 (more…)
Superhero Movie (Extended Edition) (2008)
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Adolescent fantasy meets sophomoric humor in the latest cuisinart comedy, Superhero Movie. The story of how frustrated loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell of Drake & Josh) becomes the superpowered Dragonfly is largely poking fun at Spider-Man, but there are a handful of digs at X-Men, Fantastic Four, and other Marvel Comics superhuman flicks. What’s disappointing is how few of the jokes are specific to the genre–the abundance of gags about urine, feces, horniness, and especial (more…)
The Pirate Movie (1982)
“Buckle your swash and jolly your roger for the ultimate musical comedy pirate adventure! Kristy McNichol (LITTLE DARLINGS) and Christopher Atkins (THE BLUE LAGOON) star as dreamy young lovers in this uproarious update of Gilbert & Sullivans THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, filled with virtuous maidens and shirtless cutthroats, savage swordplay and buried treasure, a dashing Pirate King (Ted Hamilton) and a modern Major General (Bill Kerr), plus plenty of pillaging, plundering, plank-wa (more…)
Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition) (2007)
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There aren’t a lot of choices in a bee’s life: a bee attends a few days of school, graduates from college, and chooses a job in the hive that he’ll labor at for the rest of his life. Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) is different from his best friend Adam (Matthew Broderick) and all the other bees: he wants to see the world outside the hive and can’t begin to contemplate doing the same job for his entire life. Naturally, the life of the “pollen jock” bees appeals to Barry because (more…)