BOWFINGER (1999) Starring Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Terence Stamp, Jamie Kennedy, Barry Newman and Robert Downey, Jr. Screenplay by Steve Martin. Directed by Frank Oz. Distributed by Univeral Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated PG-13. Bowfinger is a good reminder of how much Hollywood misses Steve Martin – both as an actor and as … Continue reading
MYSTERY MEN (1999) Starring Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Lena Olin, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Stiller, Wes Studi and Tom Waits. Screenplay by Neil Cuthbert. Directed by Kinka Usher. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 122 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ever get told after the fact about … Continue reading
RUNAWAY BRIDE (1999) Starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Meloni, Donal Logue, Sela Ward, Larry Miller and Garry Marshall. Screenplay by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott. Directed by Garry Marshall. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG. Garry Marshall can’t help it. I’m sure … Continue reading
AMERICAN PIE (1999) Starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, Shannon Elizabeth, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge and Molly Cheek. Screenplay by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz. Directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz. Distributed by Universal Pictures. Rated R. 96 … Continue reading
BIG DADDY (1999) Starring Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Josh Mostel, Rob Schneider, Kristy Swanson, Joseph Bologna and Steve Buscemi. Screenplay by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. Directed by Dennis Dugan. Distributed by Columbia / Tri Star Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. I don’t ever dismiss a … Continue reading
AUSTIN POWERS – THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME (1999) Starring Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Seth Green, Vern Troyer, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Michael York, Mindy Sterling, Gia Carides, Kristen Johnson, Jennifer Coolidge, Will Ferrell, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Woody Harrelson, Charles Napier, Willie Nelson, Tim Robbins, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Fred Willard, Jerry Springer and Elizabeth Hurley. … Continue reading
Alan Rafkin The King of Nick at Nite by Ronald Sklar “I’m still working,” sixty-eight-year-old Alan Rafkin says. “They’ll have to carry me out in a body bag.” If you had his job, they would drag you out kicking and screaming too. Alan Rafkin is a TV sitcom director. And not just another forgotten name … Continue reading
NOTTING HILL (1999) Starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Emma Chambers, Emily Mortimer, Lorelei King, John Shrapnel, Roger Frost, Dylan Moran and Alec Baldwin. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Roger Michell. Distributed by Polygram Films. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. It is not easy … Continue reading
ELECTION (1999) Starring Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Loren Nelson, Phil Reeves, Emily Martin, Molly Hagan and Colleen Camp. Screenplay by Alexander Payne. Directed by Alexander Payne. Distributed by MTV Pictures. 103 minutes. Rated R. It’s always nice surprise when a film comes out that actually has some intelligent ideas. So much so that … Continue reading
Gregg Oppenheimer He Loves Lucy by Ronald Sklar Dig this if you can. It’s a Monday night in 1954 and you want to go clothes shopping. Forget it, daddy-o. All the stores in town are closed for the evening and you look like a damned fool for being the only idiot walking the streets. And … Continue reading
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