Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., 5000 Broadway Productions, Likely Story
 
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Fox Baja Studios, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for graphic shark attacks, and for language
 
Year of Release
1999
 

 
Genre(s)
Sci-fi
 
Keyword(s)
Deep Blue Sea, R-rated, Sci-fi, 1h 45m, directed by Renny Harlin, starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård, produced by Akiva Goldsman, Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche, written by Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, Duncan Kennedy, box office gross $73.6M, reviewed by Paul Clinton, David Denby, Lisa Alspector, Keith Phipps, David Ansen, Ian Nathan, Mike Massie, Kate Knibbs, Todd Anthony, Alan Jones, Leah Rozen, MPAA rating R, sharks, action, thriller, genetically altered sharks, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tissue, island research facility, shark attacks, sharks outnumbering humans, breeding, Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital, Scope (2.35:1)
 

Cast & Crew

Thomas Jane

Saffron Burrows

Samuel L. Jackson

Jacqueline McKenzie

Michael Rapaport

Carter Blake

Dr. Susan McCallister

Russell Franklin

Janice Higgins

Tom Scoggins

Thomas Jane – Carter Blake
Saffron Burrows – Dr. Susan McCallister
Samuel L. Jackson – Russell Franklin
Jacqueline McKenzie – Janice Higgins
Michael Rapaport – Tom Scoggins
Stellan Skarsgård – Jim Whitlock

 

Renny Harlin

Donna Powers

Akiva Goldsman

Tony Ludwig

Alan Riche

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Renny Harlin
 
Writer(s)
Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, Duncan Kennedy
 
Producer(s)
Akiva Goldsman, Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 4 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Paul Clinton

David Denby

Lisa Alspector

Keith Phipps

David Ansen

CNN.com

New Yorker

Chicago Reader

AV Club

Newsweek

DEEP BLUE SEA
 All Critics (113) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (46)
 If you like big summer action flicks with plenty of bite, check this one out. Then go out for a big sushi dinner. It’ll make you feel better.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
 CNN.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Scary, absurd, inessential.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 David Denby
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 The characters are sufficiently naive to get picked off one by one, but their ignorance doesn’t extend to the genre conventions governing their behavior, making for some shockingly funny moments.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 Lisa Alspector
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Deep Blue Sea, a sort of cross between Aliens (without the thrills) and The Poseidon Adventure (without the camp compensations), doesn’t deliver the killer-shark-versus-A-list-character-actor thrills you crave.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 Keith Phipps
 AV Club
 TOP CRITIC
 This highly unlikely story about genetically enhanced sharks that terrorize the scientists who created them is one summer movie that delivers exactly what it promises: nonstop popcorn thrills.
 
 March 6, 2018
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 Deep Blue Sea is about giant sharks eating people and that’s exactly what you get.
 
 April 4, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Ian Nathan
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Despite the questionable fish visuals, several of the shark attack scenes are quite thrilling – utilizing suspense, comedy, nail-biting timing, and slimy animatronics.
 
 September 11, 2020 | Rating: 4/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 This is the finest unabashedly campy B-movie of the ’90s.
 
 March 25, 2019
 
 Kate Knibbs
 The Ringer
 It’s the first summer blockbuster of 1999 that delivers more than its promotional trailer promises.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 Todd Anthony
 South Florida Sun-Sentinel
 A gory, trashy blockbuster that succeeds despite its waterlogged script.
 
 January 11, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Alan Jones
 Radio Times
 Although director Renny Harlin clearly knows his way around an action scene, he fails to make Deep seem, well, deep.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 Leah Rozen
 People Magazine
 It’s just the thing for moviegoers wanting violent adventure, split-second editing, and enough water-drenched cinematography to make “Titanic” look parched.
 
 January 11, 2019
 
 David Sterritt
 Christian Science Monitor…

 

Plot
A businessman sinks $200 million into a special project to help fight Alzheimer’s disease. As part of this project, medical biologist Susan McAlester rather naughtily figures out a way to genetically enlarge shark brains, so that disease-battling enzymes can be harvested. However, the shark subjects become super smart and decide they don’t much like being cooped up in pens and being stabbed with hypodermics, so they figure a way to break out and make for the open sea…
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for Deep Blue Sea.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Preferred Content Sundial Pictures,
 
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG, 20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Orange, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for some menacing action/violence and brief drug references
 
Year of Release
1998
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Action
 
Keyword(s)
Small Soldiers, PG-13, Comedy, Action, Fantasy, directed by Joe Dante, starring Kirsten Dunst, Gregory Smith, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Denis Leary, Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, written by Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, produced by Michael Finnell, Colin Wilson, reviewed by Owen Gleiberman, Liam Lacey, Kenneth Turan, Roger Ebert, James Berardinelli, Susan Stark, Jeffrey M Anderson, Felix Vasquez Jr., Dennis Schwartz, Michael Dequina, Jeffrey Westhoff, Susan Tavernetti, box office gross $55.1M, budget unknown, rated PG-13, DreamWorks SKG, 20th Century Fox, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, 35mm, Scope (2.35:1), toys, action figures, military technology, Chip, Gorgonites, Archer, Christy, Alan Abernathy, Larry Benson, Phil Fimple, Stuart Abernathy, Gil Mars, visual effects, CGI, animatronics, satire, toy industry
 

Cast & Crew

Kirsten Dunst

Gregory Smith

Jay Mohr

Phil Hartman

Kevin Dunn

Christy Fimple

Alan Abernathy

Larry Benson

Phil Fimple

Stuart Abernathy

Kirsten Dunst – Christy Fimple
Gregory Smith – Alan Abernathy
Jay Mohr – Larry Benson
Phil Hartman – Phil Fimple
Kevin Dunn – Stuart Abernathy
Denis Leary – Gil Mars
Tommy Lee Jones – Chip Hazard (voice)
Frank Langella – Archer (voice)
Bruce Dern – Link Static (voice)
Ernest Borgnine – Kip Killigan (voice)
Jim Brown – Butch Meathook (voice)
Clint Walker – Nick Nitro (voice)
Christopher Guest – Slamfist / Scratch-It (voice)
Michael McKean – Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
Harry Shearer – Punch-It / Scratch-It (voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar – Gwendy Doll (voice)
Christina Ricci – Gwendy Doll (voice)
Dick Miller – Joe (Toy Store Owner)
Joe Dante – Voice of the Lab Tech #1
Roger Corman – Voice of the Lab Tech #2

 

Joe Dante

Gavin Scott

Michael Finnell

Colin Wilson

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Joe Dante
 
Writer(s)
Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
 
Producer(s)
Michael Finnell, Colin Wilson

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Owen Gleiberman

Liam Lacey

Kenneth Turan

Roger Ebert

James Berardinelli

Entertainment Weekly

Globe and Mail

Los Angeles Times

Chicago Sun-Times

ReelViews

SMALL SOLDIERS
 All Critics (44) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (23)
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: C+
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 …this smells like a script slapped together around a toy-product launch.
 
 April 12, 2002 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Liam Lacey
 Globe and Mail
 TOP CRITIC
 Though it starts promisingly, the picture ends as a standoff between the affection Dante and company bring to the project and its increasingly frenetic and tiresome emphasis on what special effects can make its little people do.
 
 February 14, 2001 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Kenneth Turan
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 What bothered me most about Small Soldiers is that it didn’t tell me where to stand–what attitude to adopt.
 
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Roger Ebert
 Chicago Sun-Times
 TOP CRITIC
 As absurd as the premise might seem, Small Soldiers works for two primary reasons: the visual effects … are entirely convincing and the script … never takes its tongue out of its cheek.
 
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
 
 James Berardinelli
 ReelViews
 TOP CRITIC
 …wildly entertaining…
 
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Susan Stark
 Detroit News
 TOP CRITIC
 Small Soldiers deserves to be re-evaluated, which fortunately also means that it can finally be enjoyed, too.
 
 October 8, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Jeffrey M. Anderson
 Combustible Celluloid
 Works as an adventure film and another fine Joe Dante creature feature…
 
 October 7, 2013
 
 Felix Vasquez Jr.
 Cinema Crazed
 Smart satirical action-comedy about talking action toys.
 
 April 7, 2007 | Rating: A-
 
 Dennis Schwartz
 Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
 An infomercial with the schmaltz that passes for emotion in family-aimed films.
 
 October 20, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Michael Dequina
 TheMovieReport.com
 Typical of Dante’s films, Small Soldiers is an unbroken string of pop culture in-jokes.
 
 June 12, 2003 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Jeffrey Westhoff
 Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
 May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Susan Tavernetti
 Palo Alto Weekly…

 

Plot
Fifteen-year-old Alan Abernathy, the son of a toy store owner, tries out some new action figures: The Commando Elite versus The Gorgonites. But three months ago, a toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the special micro chips they’ve employed, however, as the two opposing sides of the toy line start thinking for themselves and engaging in real combat! The Commando Elite vow to wipe out the Gorgonites in a suburban neighborhood. Alan, his neighbor Christy Fimple, (on whom he has a massive crush) with the help of the kind Gorgonites, must protect his home and family from the Commandos.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features an impressive voice cast, including Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, and Bruce Dern.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Dream Works Animation, Mad Hatter Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Kaua’i, Hawaii, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for crude humor and mild violence, language and sensuality
 
Year of Release
1997
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy/Kids & family
 
Keyword(s)
starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree, John Cleese, Greg Cruttwell, directed by Sam Weisman, written by Audrey Wells, Dana Olsen, Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Gene Siskel, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Desson Thomson, Leonard Klady, Wally Hammond, Nell Minow, Richard Propes, Kelly Kessler, Maitland McDonagh, Lori Hoffman, Jake Euker, PG, David Hoberman, Jordan Kerner, Jon Avnet, produced by, George of the Jungle, Ursula Stanhope, Lyle van de Groot, Kwame, An Ape named “Ape”, Voice, Surprising, pleasant, toothless, family fun, amiable, animatronics, computer effects, sequel potential, innocent film, talking ape, African jungle, human contact, rescue mission, San Francisco, gorilla buddy, captured, rescue mission
 

Cast & Crew

Brendan Fraser

George

Leslie Mann

Ursula Stanhope

Thomas Haden Church

George

Ursula Stanhope

Lyle van de Groot

Kwame

An Ape named “Ape” (Voice)

Brendan Fraser – George
Leslie Mann – Ursula Stanhope
Thomas Haden Church – Lyle van de Groot
Richard Roundtree – Kwame
John Cleese – An Ape named “Ape” (Voice)
Greg Cruttwell – Max

 

Sam Weisman

Audrey Wells

David Hoberman

Jordan Kerner

Jon Avnet

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Sam Weisman
 
Writer(s)
Audrey Wells, Dana Olsen
 
Producer(s)
David Hoberman, Jordan Kerner, Jon Avnet

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 3 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Gene Siskel

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Desson Thomson

Leonard Klady

Wally Hammond

Chicago Tribune

Entertainment Weekly

Washington Post

Variety

Time Out

GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
 All Critics (53) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (24)
 What sets the film apart is a script that has the good sense to laugh at itself.
 
 August 23, 2017 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Gene Siskel
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: B-
 
 Lisa Schwarzbaum
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Surprisingly pleasant.
 
 October 18, 2008
 
 Desson Thomson
 Washington Post
 TOP CRITIC
 Not quite inspired lunacy, the film has a game, likable quality and strong sequel potential.
 
 July 23, 2008
 
 Leonard Klady
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 The story is incidental — the villain wants to abduct the talking ape for financial gain — and thankfully the animatronics and computer effects aren’t allowed to overwhelm the proceedings.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Wally Hammond
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 November 1, 2003 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Nell Minow
 Movie Mom
 TOP CRITIC
 Fraser is so earnest in his desire to make a family oriented, innocent film that watching him speak ape just has to make you chuckle.
 
 September 8, 2020 | Rating: 1.0/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 Live-action take on popular tale is family fun.
 
 January 2, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Kelly Kessler
 Common Sense Media
 Amiable but toothless…
 
 May 21, 2008 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Maitland McDonagh
 TV Guide
 April 20, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Lori Hoffman
 Atlantic City Weekly
 February 25, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Jake Euker
 F5 (Wichita, KS)
 October 10, 2005 | Rating: 1/5
 
 Chuck O’Leary
 Fantastica Daily…

 

Plot
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula’s lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for George of the Jungle.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Skirball Cultural Center – 2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for sexual situations
 
Year of Release
1996
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack, directed by Harold Ramis, written by Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Gene Siskel, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Nell Minow, Kenneth Turan, Sean P Means, Andy Spletzer, Mal Vincent, Common Sense Media Editors, Chuck O’Leary, Emanuel Levy, PG-13, cloning, family, construction worker, scientist, multiple clones, solipsistic comedy, marriage, special effects, provocative premise, Kafkaesque, fascinating, superficial, top horror movies, RT Podcasts, MCU movies, renewed & cancelled TV shows 2022, best 2022 horror movies, TV premiere dates 2022, worst horror movies of all time, best Netflix series & shows
 

Cast & Crew

Michael Keaton

Andie MacDowell

Harris Yulin

Richard Masur

Eugene Levy

Doug Kinney

Laura Kinney

Dr. Leeds

Del King

Vic

Michael Keaton – Doug Kinney
Andie MacDowell – Laura Kinney
Harris Yulin – Dr. Leeds
Richard Masur – Del King
Eugene Levy – Vic
Ann Cusack – Noreen

 

Harold Ramis

Mary Hale

Trevor Albert

Harold Ramis

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Harold Ramis
 
Writer(s)
Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
 
Producer(s)
Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Gene Siskel

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Nell Minow

Kenneth Turan

Sean P. Means

Chicago Tribune

Entertainment Weekly

Movie Mom

Los Angeles Times

Film.com

MULTIPLICITY
 All Critics (47) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (26)
 Multiplicity is more concerned with its special effects of multiple characters than any satisfying conclusion to its provocative premise.
 
 August 23, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Gene Siskel
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: C+
 
 Lisa Schwarzbaum
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Great premise, great work by Keaton, but the script lets them down.
 
 February 23, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Nell Minow
 Movie Mom
 TOP CRITIC
 More Kafkaesque than comedic, more fascinating to watch than out-and-out funny.
 
 February 14, 2001
 
 Kenneth Turan
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Ramis and his quartet of writers, including City Slickers shtick factories of Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel, can’t find much to do with their simple premise.
 
 January 1, 2000
 
 Sean P. Means
 Film.com
 TOP CRITIC
 I recommend this to anyone who wants to see a solipsistic comedy about the darker side of marriage.
 
 January 1, 2000
 
 Andy Spletzer
 Film.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Well-acted and playfully superficial.
 
 March 22, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Mal Vincent
 The Virginian-Pilot
 Some sexy stuff in dated, but entertaining ’80s comedy.
 
 March 29, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Common Sense Media Editors
 Common Sense Media
 A desperately unfunny comedy lethargically directed by Harold Ramis, and boringly acted by Michael Keaton.
 
 October 9, 2005 | Rating: 1/5
 
 Chuck O’Leary
 Fantastica Daily
 July 26, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Emanuel Levy
 EmanuelLevy.Com
 Try not to double or triple-up laughing. (published 7-19-96)
 
 December 28, 2004 | Rating: A-
 
 Steve Crum
 Kansas City Kansan
 It’s a showcase for Keaton.
 
 July 1, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Judith Egerton
 Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)…

 

Plot
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds who offers him a rather unusual solution to his problems – cloning.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels says that Multiplicity is “more concerned with its special effects of multiple characters than any satisfying conclusion to its provocative premise.”
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Beverly House – 1011 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language
 
Year of Release
1992
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama/Romance
 
Keyword(s)
starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, Ralph Waite, Tomas Arana, directed by Mick Jackson, written by Lawrence Kasdan, produced by Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson, Drama, Romance, R rating, box office gross $61.0K, reviewed by Peter Rainer, Anne Cohen, David Ansen, Owen Gleiberman, Brian Lowry, Barry McIlheney, Brandon Collins, Eddie Harrison, Sue Heal, Duane Dudek, Kevin M, Matt F, ex-Secret Service agent, pop sensation, stalker, bodyguard, obsessed fan, Whitney Houston’s film debut, soundtrack, cheesy, melodramatic, potboiler, occasional moments of electricity, predictable, over dramatic, thriller, romance, predictable romance, forced chemistry, lack of continuity, train wreck, flashy, shallow pleasures, wit, dread, Oscar-ceremony climax, incredible soundtrack, solid performance, great fun, wooden archetype, predictable narrative, lack of flow, outrageous piece of saccharine kitsch, undeniably super-glam, interesting twists and turns, simple but fun screenplay, amazing voice, cool and dull characters, annoying, incredible thriller, bad romance, chemistry, perfect cheesy romance flick, incredible horror movies, top horror movies to watch now, renewed and cancelled TV shows 2022, best Netflix series and shows
 

Cast & Crew

Kevin Costner

Whitney Houston

Gary Kemp

Bill Cobbs

Ralph Waite

Frank Farmer

Rachel Marron

Sy Spector

Devaney

Herb Farmer

Kevin Costner – Frank Farmer
Whitney Houston – Rachel Marron
Gary Kemp – Sy Spector
Bill Cobbs – Devaney
Ralph Waite – Herb Farmer
Tomas Arana – Herb Farmer

 

Mick Jackson

Lawrence Kasdan

Kevin Costner

Lawrence Kasdan

Jim Wilson

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Mick Jackson
 
Writer(s)
Lawrence Kasdan
 
Producer(s)
Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
10 wins & 21 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Peter Rainer

Anne Cohen

David Ansen

Owen Gleiberman

Brian Lowry

Los Angeles Times

Refinery29

Newsweek

Entertainment Weekly

Variety

THE BODYGUARD
 All Critics (48) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (31)
 Just about everything that can go wrong with this film does, and yet it’s compulsively watchable. (So is a train wreck.)
 
 September 9, 2020
 
 Peter Rainer
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Houston’s face, as she loses herself in the melody out there on a quiet porch in the woods, is a reminder of all she gave to this role, and this movie – and why it’s always worth rewatching.
 
 August 21, 2020
 
 Anne Cohen
 Refinery29
 TOP CRITIC
 if you can overlook the obvious flaws–a bumpy beginning, a villain whose motive is both too obvious and hard to swallow–The Bodyguard has its flashy, shallow pleasures. There’s some wit in Kasdan’s script, and dread in the Oscar-ceremony climax.
 
 February 8, 2018
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 The Bodyguard is an outrageous piece of saccharine kitsch — or, at least, it might have been had the movie seemed fully awake.
 
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: D
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 A jumbled mess, with a few enjoyable moments but little continuity or flow.
 
 July 22, 2008
 
 Brian Lowry
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 [An] absurd piece of entertaining fluff.
 
 April 1, 2006 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Barry McIlheney
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Incredible soundtrack and a solid performance by Whitney Houston that helps you get through the dreary world this film takes place in.
 
 March 24, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Brandon Collins
 Medium Popcorn
 …doesn’t do well with plot, but the atmosphere is good, with Houston and Costner undeniably having the super-glam looks for this…
 
 May 21, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Eddie Harrison
 film-authority.com
 Costner is a trifle stern, but Houston makes a very creditable acting debut, and the result is great fun.
 
 September 9, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Sue Heal
 Radio Times
 There is no archetype so wooden or narrative so predictable that it can’t be improved upon by a sense of style. But director Mick Jackson merely moves the pieces in a static and linear way toward a stalemate.
 
 September 9, 2020 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Duane Dudek
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 With a soap-opera plot that triggers alarms of incredulity, The Bodyguard remains no more than a serviceable thriller.
 
 September 9, 2020
 
 Brian D. Johnson
 Maclean’s Magazine
 While this tepid thriller is a showcase for Houston in her film debut, it is the downfall of co-star Kevin Costner in the title role.
 
 September 9, 2020
 
 Candice Russell
 South Florida Sun-Sentinel…

 

Plot
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer’s feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan’s secret service staff but wasn’t there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Ralph Waite, who plays Herb Farmer in the film, is best known for his role as John Walton Sr. on the TV series The Waltons.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Brandeis-Bardin Institute – 1101 Pepper Tree Lane, Simi Valley, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language, sensuality and a scene of violence
 
Year of Release
1992
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeremy Slate, directed by Brett Leonard, written by Brett Leonard, Gimel Everett, genre Horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Steven Rea, Jay Boyar, Vincent Canby, Kathleen Maher, Richard Harrington, Matt Brunson, David Rollison, Tyler Smith, David Nusair, Vanessa Letts, produced by Gimel Everett, Edward Simons, MPAA rating R, The Lawnmower Man, Dr Lawrence Angelo, Jobe Smith, Marnie Burke, Sebastian Timms, Terry McKeen, Father Francis McKeen, computer-simulated training sequences, augmenting intelligence, psychic powers, revenge, special effects, virtual reality, Stephen King adaptation, aged computer graphics, shlocky cheese
 

Cast & Crew

Jeff Fahey

Pierce Brosnan

Jenny Wright

Mark Bringelson

Geoffrey Lewis

Jobe Smith

Dr. Lawrence Angelo

Marnie Burke

Sebastian Timms

Terry McKeen

Jeff Fahey – Jobe Smith
Pierce Brosnan – Dr. Lawrence Angelo
Jenny Wright – Marnie Burke
Mark Bringelson – Sebastian Timms
Geoffrey Lewis – Terry McKeen
Jeremy Slate – Father Francis McKeen

 

Brett Leonard

NA

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Brett Leonard
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
3 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Steven Rea

Jay Boyar

Variety Staff

Vincent Canby

Kathleen Maher

Philadelphia Inquirer

Orlando Sentinel

Variety

New York Times

Austin Chronicle

THE LAWNMOWER MAN
 All Critics (40) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (26)
 The Lawnmower Man echoes Frankenstein and a zillion other noble-scientist-whose-experiment-goes-awry movies.
 
 April 1, 2014 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Steven Rea
 Philadelphia Inquirer
 TOP CRITIC
 The Lawnmower Man has it all — melodramatic plot, bad acting, special effects that will undoubtedly seem cheesy in about five minutes and even a concluding sequence in which the usual lofty moral is voiced.
 
 April 1, 2014 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 Dazzling computer animation and special effects overcome The Lawnmower Man’s mundane story.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 The Lawnmower Man depends mostly on a lot of colorful video-game-like special effects. They are very loud but, after a while, the noise and the lights induce a torpor that is quite soothing.
 
 August 30, 2004
 
 Vincent Canby
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 The Lawnmower Man tries to hit all the points of dogma about Virtual Reality, but it’s getting to be such a large text that each point only gets a mention.
 
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/5
 
 Kathleen Maher
 Austin Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 So loosely based on a Stephen King short story as to constitute fraud, The Lawnmower Man goes right to the bottom of a growing list of failed King adaptations.
 
 January 1, 2000
 
 Richard Harrington
 Washington Post
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s harder than ever to take Jeff Fahey’s performance seriously since it’s as broad as Ben Stiller’s Tugg Speedman character playing Simple Jack in Tropic Thunder.
 
 November 8, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 The Lawnmower Man is an ambitious not-quite failure that almost dared King to sue from moment one, but is still worth a watch if you love aged computer graphics and shlocky cheese.
 
 January 24, 2020
 
 David Rollison
 The Spool
 There are plenty of eye-rolling moments in this film, and not just from the dated effects.
 
 July 26, 2019
 
 Tyler Smith
 Battleship Pretension
 It’s an intriguing premise that’s employed to perpetually erratic effect by director Brett Leonard…
 
 June 30, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 David Nusair
 Reel Film Reviews
 Gratuitously offensive.
 
 July 25, 2018
 
 Vanessa Letts
 The Spectator
 Its greatest assets are its dazzling video game special effects.
 
 November 1, 2017 | Rating: C+
 
 Dennis Schwartz
 Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews…

 

Plot
A scientist performs experiments involving intelligence enhancing drugs and virtual reality on a simple-minded gardener. He puts the gardener on an extensive schedule of learning, and quickly he becomes brilliant. But at this point the gardener has a few ideas of his own on how the research should continue, and the scientist begins losing control of his experiments.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Lawnmower Man stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Tokuma Japan Communications, Studio Ghibli, Nibariki
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore and language
 
Year of Release
1992
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles S Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, directed by David Fincher, written by Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill, Vincent Ward, horror, R rating, box office performance, $54.8M, reviewed by David Ansen, Anthony Lane, Jake Cole, Nick Schager, Geoff Andrew, Ed Gonzalez, Grant Watson, Fiction Machine, Luke Hicks, Film School Rejects, Trace Thurman, Horror Queers Podcast, Marianna Neal, Impression Blend, Peter Sobczynski, The Spool, produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, 20th Century Fox, MPAA rating, Alien franchise, maximum security prison, alien creature, weapons, survival, bleak wasteland, former inmates, skepticism, stylish visuals, lack of genuine thrills, thin script, franchise mythology, admirable risks
 

Cast & Crew

Sigourney Weaver

Charles S. Dutton

Charles Dance

Paul McGann

Brian Glover

Ellen Ripley

Dillon

Clemens

Golic

Andrews

Sigourney Weaver – Ellen Ripley
Charles S. Dutton – Dillon
Charles Dance – Clemens
Paul McGann – Golic
Brian Glover – Andrews
Ralph Brown – Aarom

 

David Fincher

Larry Ferguson

Gordon Carroll

David Giler

Walter Hill

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
David Fincher
 
Writer(s)
Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill, Vincent Ward
 
Producer(s)
Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
18 wins & 22 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

David Ansen

Anthony Lane

Jake Cole

Nick Schager

Geoff Andrew

Newsweek

Independent (UK)

Slant Magazine

Lessons of Darkness

Time Out

ALIEN 3
 All Critics (61) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (33)
 Just at the point when Alien 3 should kick into high terror gear, it becomes clear that this hushed, somber sequel doesn’t know how to deliver the goods.
 
 February 9, 2018
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 It suffers from poor supporting performances, and a plot that splutters instead of pushing on; but when the chase is on, all is forgiven.
 
 January 4, 2018
 
 Anthony Lane
 Independent (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 For all its inherent structural problems, Alien remains a worthy intended conclusion to the series, finding its true resolution in Ripley’s resolve to break the endless cycle of her torment.
 
 May 19, 2017
 
 Jake Cole
 Slant Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 A fascinating, often fantastic, film, one simultaneously indebted to and self-consciously divorced from its acclaimed predecessors in ways both clunky and inspired.
 
 March 25, 2010 | Rating: B+
 
 Nick Schager
 Lessons of Darkness
 TOP CRITIC
 Good acting has salvaged many a poor script in the past, but not here.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 The soulless Alien is essentially an amalgam of power shots.
 
 December 15, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/4
 
 Ed Gonzalez
 Slant Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 A bold, provocative and magnificent take on the Alien concept.
 
 March 15, 2022 | Rating: 9/10
 
 Grant Watson
 Fiction Machine
 Drenched in bodily fluids, Ripley’s third chapter is a dark, desolate, industrial prison hellscape of survival swarming with vile, hermetic men.
 
 February 17, 2021
 
 Luke Hicks
 Film School Rejects
 A bold tonal departure from its immediate predecessor, Alien 3 nevertheless weaves its nihilistic self under your skin and refuses to leave.
 
 February 1, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Trace Thurman
 Horror Queers Podcast
 Alien 3 really seems to miss the point of the first two films and what made them great.
 
 December 17, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
 
 Marianna Neal
 Impression Blend
 It’s always visually breathtaking, and although the chases get a bit repetitive towards the end, Fincher infuses the material with a genuine sense of dread.
 
 December 10, 2020
 
 Peter Sobczynski
 The Spool
 Although it tries to resolutely conclude the series, the extreme lack of likable characters and the abundance of contrived events hinder its overall appeal.
 
 September 9, 2020 | Rating: 4/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins…

 

Plot
In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo are on their way home when they pick up a distress call from a distant moon. The crew are under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the moon afterwards. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore the area on the moon. At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship’s computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew realizes that they are not alone on the spaceship and they must deal with the consequences.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels review for Alien 3.
 

 
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