Nate Caine (Jack Quaid) has a unique condition: he can’t feel physical pain. Fearful of killing himself by accident, he lives a secluded life. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Comedy
Listen, Judge (1952)
No one ever accused the Three Stooges of being ecologically focused, but their 1952 short “Listen, Judge” offers a brilliant example of recycling old material to create a new and vibrant comedy explosion.
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Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
The 1956 “Dance with Me, Henry” is a strange and dreary film that ended the on-screen teamwork of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Working within the tight confines of a low budget – the team had parted ways with their longtime studio Universal Pictures and wound up with independent producer Bob Goldstein – the duo eschewed the elaborate knockabout of their typical output in favor of a more situational comedy setting.
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Dinosaur Valley Girls (1996) [Visual Vengeance Collector’s Edition]
An action star not quite at the top of his game finds himself in the valley during the time where dinosaurs and beautiful prehistoric valley girls live.
Help! (1965)
In retrospect, it’s a shame that “Help!” wasn’t presented as a one-hour TV special rather than as a 92-minute feature film. In trying to one-up the lightning-in-a-bottle success of “A Hard Day’s Night,” director Richard Lester and his mop-topped stars reaffirmed the axiom that bigger is not always better by creating a large-scale romp that only occasionally percolates with hilarity but eventually wears out its welcome long before the closing credits.
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Daddy (2023) [Anchor Bay]
A group of men who do not know each other are sent to a house to continue their evaluation from the government so that they may get the right to have children.
Friday (1995) [Black History Month]
You come into the room and see the New Line Cinema title card gracing the television screen. There’s no theme like before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or a horror movie, but in its place remains a voice over instead. You know the voice, you know the quote, and you know the movie.