The Naked Gun, 1988
Relentless punnery and incessant slapstick are what make this small-to-big screen graduation the treat that it is. Naked Gun: From the Files Of Police Squad serves as an effective foil for Zucker's double entendre and visual absurdity, impeccably distilled by Nielsen's flawless comic timing and obliviousness, which will ensure the rewind button on your remote is worn out by the end of your viewing.
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Relentless punnery and incessant slapstick are what make this small-to-big screen graduation the treat that it is. Naked Gun: From the Files Of Police Squad serves as an effective foil for Zucker's double entendre and visual absurdity, impeccably distilled by Nielsen's flawless comic timing and obliviousness, which will ensure the rewind button on your remote is worn out by the end of your viewing.
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National Lampoon's Animal House, 1978
Occasionally mooted as the John Belushi college biography that never was, Animal House is easily the Queen Bee of gross-out movies. Running the whole spectrum of college stereotypes, which were later raided by the mid 90s flurry of Lampoon pastiches, this anarchic beer-soaked riot sees two rival fraternities, the Deltas and the Omegas, at war on campus, getting through more drugs and booze than Belushi did in real life. Perhaps...
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Occasionally mooted as the John Belushi college biography that never was, Animal House is easily the Queen Bee of gross-out movies. Running the whole spectrum of college stereotypes, which were later raided by the mid 90s flurry of Lampoon pastiches, this anarchic beer-soaked riot sees two rival fraternities, the Deltas and the Omegas, at war on campus, getting through more drugs and booze than Belushi did in real life. Perhaps...
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Notting Hill, 1999
A witty, endearing, and essentially English tale about a chance encounter between a Hollywood movie star and the oblivious Hugh Grant, who plays a bookshop owner in the outskirts of Old London Town. A trans-Atlantic hit upon release, Notting Hill is a clever and amusing satire on the nature of celebrity, and features a truly magnificent performance from relative newcomer Rhys Ifans, as Grant's layabout flatmate.
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A witty, endearing, and essentially English tale about a chance encounter between a Hollywood movie star and the oblivious Hugh Grant, who plays a bookshop owner in the outskirts of Old London Town. A trans-Atlantic hit upon release, Notting Hill is a clever and amusing satire on the nature of celebrity, and features a truly magnificent performance from relative newcomer Rhys Ifans, as Grant's layabout flatmate.
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The Nutty Professor, 1963
Jerry Lewis is, quite simply, a wacky inventor who happens upon a formula that transforms his real self, a sad and loner-ish personality, into a ravenously handsome smooth operator out to woo the ladies. Lewis is a very effective adhesive between his Jekyll and Hyde characters, and many regard this as his finest work. Remade by Eddie Murphy in the 90s, this version holds a much warmer charm than its later counterpart.
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Jerry Lewis is, quite simply, a wacky inventor who happens upon a formula that transforms his real self, a sad and loner-ish personality, into a ravenously handsome smooth operator out to woo the ladies. Lewis is a very effective adhesive between his Jekyll and Hyde characters, and many regard this as his finest work. Remade by Eddie Murphy in the 90s, this version holds a much warmer charm than its later counterpart.
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