Strange World is the Walt Disney Animation Studios feature that recorded one of the worst opening weekends in modern Disney theatrical animation history. Jake Gyllenhaal voices Searcher Clade, a farmer in the isolated mountain valley of Avalonia.
David Koepp and Michael Crichton adapted Crichton's 1990 novel. The film made approximately one billion dollars worldwide on a sixty-three million dollar budget.
Michelle Yeoh plays Corazon. The film made approximately thirty-two million dollars worldwide on a forty million dollar budget.
Serenity is the rare feature film made to give a canceled television series a proper conclusion. Joss Whedon wrote and directed.
The Land Before Time is the children's film about dinosaur grief that traumatized an entire generation. Steven Spielberg and George.
Anderson directed in what amounted to a launching pad for his subsequent career in genre cinema. The film made approximately one hundred and twenty-three million dollars worldwide on an eighteen million dollar budget.
The Naked Gun is the spoof comedy franchise that defined what the genre could be at its highest level. David Zucker directed the first three films.
Bad Boys is the buddy cop franchise that defined Miami action cinema for three decades. Michael Bay directed the first two films.
Rush Hour is the buddy cop trilogy that made Jackie Chan a Hollywood leading man and Chris Tucker an A-list comedy actor for a brief window of his career. Brett Ratner directed all three films.
Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a meek bank clerk in Edge City who finds an ancient Norse mask that, when worn, transforms him into a green-faced, zoot-suited cartoon character with reality-bending powers. The film is a Tex Avery cartoon translated into…
Mousehunt is one of the funniest physical comedies ever produced and one of the most overlooked. Gore Verbinski directed in his feature debut.
Police Academy is the comedy franchise that defined the rapid-decline model of sequel filmmaking. Hugh Wilson directed the 1984 original, which made approximately one hundred and fifty million dollars worldwide on a four million dollar budget and is one of…
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