Year by Year: Worst Summer Movies (2005-2012) 2005: Fantastic Four (Dir. Tim Story) Fantastic Four doesn’t start off any worse than most blockbusters. A space journey goes wrong and four scientists are transformed into superhumans. This magnification of human character is good idea done better in other comic book adaptations like Swamp Thing. But at least half this quartet is utterly forgettable—Ioan Gruffud’s Reed Richards is less … Read More
Year by Year: Worst Summer Movies (1995-2004) 1995: Congo (Dir. Frank Marshall) Undoubtedly emboldened by the smash success of Jurassic Park (1993) and the lesser but still sizable box office takes of Rising Sun (1993) and Disclosure (1994), the Hollywood powers in the mid-‘90s were absolutely certain that anything that spawned from the writing desk of Michael Crichton was just waiting to be pressed into cinematic gold. … Read More
Year by Year: Worst Summer Movies (1985-1994) Summer at the box office is the season of promise, a time when loud trailers proudly herald the latest special effects bonanza. This year is no different than the others: the Enterprise will fly again, Brad Pitt will fight zombies, the Wolfpack is back and that’s not even mentioning the slew of superhero movies the studios are asking us to … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 2000s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 1990s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 1980s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 1970s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 1960s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 1950s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
Year by Year: Best Comedic Performances: 1940s Who are your favorite comedic actors? Think throughout the history of film. Chaplin? Keaton? Hepburn? What about more recent performers? Will Adam Sandler, Jack Black and Tina Fey live on and be remembered with the greats? Only time will tell. Comedy is a slippery thing. What one person finds comic, another will not even crack a smile. Only a few … Read More
