Tag: Fantasy
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Scrooged
Genre: Comedy Fantasy Director: Richard Donner Screenwriter: Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donoghue Rating: 66% Year: 1988 Length: 1h 40m Summary: Charles Dickens‘ serious A Christmas Carol as a comedy. Scrooge gets visited by 3 ghosts on Christmas. Main Actors: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum Nice Bits Bill Murray yet again carries a comedy, this time as Scrooge, being cruelly despotic, and hilariously…
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All of Me
Genre: Comedy Fantasy Director: Carl Reiner Screenwriter: Phil Alden Robinson Rating: 91% Year: 1984 Length: 1h 33m Summary: The soul of a dying nasty millionairess gets transferred accidentally into her lawyer, whom she hates. Main Actors: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini Nice Bits Steve Martin has been wasted recently, but this is one of a trio of films where his genius…
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Little Shop of Horrors
Genre: Comedy Scifi Musical Director: Frank Oz Screenwriter: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman Rating: 90% Year: 1986 Length: 1h 34m Summary: a shy shop assistant discovers a plant from outer space that can only survive on human blood. Main Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs, Bill Murray Nice Bits This timeless horror comedy is full of wonderful songs, and manages to get the…
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Pleasantville
Genre: Drama Fantasy Comedy Director: Gary Ross Screenwriter: Gary Ross Rating: 86% Year: 1998 Length: 2h 5m Summary: Two teenagers get sucked into an idealistic 50s TV show, and accidentally change their world. Main Actors: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon Nice Bits This delightful fantasy explores the idealisation of the good old days, to see whether they…
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Don Juan DeMarco
Genre: Romance Comedy Drama Fantasy Director: Jeremy Leven Screenwriter: Jeremy Leven Rating: 74% Year: 1994 Length: 1h 30m Summary: A young man is convinced he is the legendary lover Don Juan, so a psychologist has to talk him out of it. Instead, he starts believing that he might be right. Main Actors: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Marita Geraghty Nice Bits This is a real…