In Memory of Les Edelson
Movies regularly enjoyed by (or bearing some special significance to) me and my dearly departed daddy...
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- DirectorMel BrooksStarsLeslie NielsenMel BrooksPeter MacNicolMel Brooks' parody of the classic vampire story and its famous film adaptations.
- DirectorKirk WongStarsMark WahlbergLou Diamond PhillipsChristina ApplegateSocially anxious hitman Melvin Smiley, an expert in his lucrative field, goes on a job and falls in love with his kidnapping victim, turning his world upside down.
- CreatorJonathan KatzTom SnyderStarsJonathan KatzH. Jon BenjaminLaura SilvermanA therapist struggles with problems of his patients, while dealing with the ones in his personal life.
- DirectorJames MelkonianStarsJohn G. BrennanKamal AhmedAlan ArkinA hilarious prank phone call pushes the buttons of an angry mob boss.
- DirectorJohn HamburgStarsBen StillerJennifer AnistonDebra MessingA buttoned-up newlywed finds his strictly organized life descend into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.
- DirectorAdam ResnickStarsChris ElliottRitch BrinkleyJames GammonA snobby finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
- DirectorPaul FlahertyStarsMartin ShortCharles GrodinMary SteenburgenA bratty 10-year-old boy is obsessed with visiting a dinosaur-themed amusement park. His uptight uncle takes the wily tyke in for a week, and barely lives to regret it.
- DirectorMilan BlazekovicStarsJosip MarottiVili MatulaLjubo KaporA painter who can temporarily talk to the creatures of an enchanted forest must help them stop the evil Cactus King, who's building an army of magical living weapons and machines to turn the forest into a wasteland perfect for the cacti.
- DirectorZach BraffStarsZach BraffPeter SarsgaardNatalie PortmanA quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsBill MurrayScarlett JohanssonGiovanni RibisiA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
- DirectorStan WinstonStarsAnthony Michael HallJerry OrbachClaudia ChristianA Los Angeles police detective partners up with a talking gnome in order to bring down the head of a crime ring.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMadeline KahnCloris LeachmanA psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisMilton BerleSammy Davis Jr.Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMarty FeldmanDom DeLuiseA film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKevin SpaceyJeff BridgesMary McCormackPROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
- DirectorSteven J. SantosStarsGeorge CarlinIn his New York City grammar school, George Carlin was known as a "disruptive influence in the classroom." With this concert, the ultimate class clown is back at school at UCLA, making another generation of students roar with laughter.Taped on April 19, 1984, Carlin?s imaginative and irreverent performance demonstrates why he is one of America?s most popular comedians.Includes The Prayer, Consumer Hints, Cars and Driving #1, A Place for My Stuff, Newscast #4, Embarrassments and several award-winning animated segments.In his New York City grammar school, George Carlin was known as a "disruptive influence in the classroom." With this concert, the ultimate class clown is back at school at UCLA, making another generation of students roar with laughter.Taped on April 19, 1984, Carlin?s imaginative and irreverent performance demonstrates why he is one of America?s most popular comedians.Includes The Prayer, Consumer Hints, Cars and Driving #1, A Place for My Stuff, Newscast #4, Embarrassments and several award-winning animated segments.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsGeorge CarlinBrenda CarlinPerforming at the Celebrity Star Theater in Phoenix on July 23, 1978, Carlin mesmerizes his audience in the second of his 12 HBO specials. The show was originally planned as part of a concert/sketch movie, The Illustrated George Carlin, that never came to fruition.The routines include: Death, Kids & Parents, Newscast #2, Time and Al Sleet, the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerPenelope Ann MillerPamela ReedA tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
- DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsJohn TravoltaKirstie AlleyOlympia DukakisAfter a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn baby is narrated through voice-over.
- DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsJohn TravoltaKirstie AlleyOlympia DukakisThis time, a new baby is on the way, and it's a girl. Wrapped together with the standard conflict between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister.
- DirectorTom RopelewskiStarsJohn TravoltaKirstie AlleyDavid GallagherThe dogs can talk at a family of 4, where mom loses her job the same day dad gets a job as pilot for a cute, single boss.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonGeorges AdetIn czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
- DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsDanny DeVitoBilly CrystalKim GreistA bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenLouise LasserCarlos MontalbánWhen a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenJanet MargolinMarcel HillaireThe life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.