One Crazy Summer (1986)

One Crazy Summer (1986)

[5] Writer/director Savage Steve Holland reteams with John Cusack for another absurd comedy in the vein of Better Off Dead. This time, Cusack heads to Nantucket island after graduating from high school. Once there, he and his friends come to…
About Last Night (1986)

About Last Night (1986)

[5] Edward Zwick (Glory, Legends of the Fall) directs this yuppie 'windy city' romance starring brat-packers Rob Lowe and Demi Moore. It's your typical boy-meets-girl story. They have sex, they fall in love, they move in together, they fight, they…
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

[7] Creator Mike Judge brings his animated MTV characters to the big screen in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. If you're not familiar with Monsiers Beavis and Butt-Head, all you really need to know is that they are the cartoon…
Rough Night (2017)

Rough Night (2017)

[6] Scarlett Johansson and Jillian Bell lead an all-gal cast in this dark comedy about college friends who reunite for a wild party night that spirals out of control when they accidentally kill a male stripper. It was a little…
Ghost (1990)

Ghost (1990)

[8] A surprisingly effective blend of romance, comedy, and supernatural horror, Ghost stars Patrick Swayze as a murdered man who works through a flim-flam psychic (Whoopi Goldberg) to save the life of his endangered girlfriend (Demi Moore). Ghost became so…
The Scarlet Letter (1995)

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

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During the opening credits of this Roland Joffé (The Mission, Vatel) version of The Scarlet Letter, a certain snippet of text appeared that allowed me to forgive quite a lot of the nonsense that would follow. The text read: “Based Loosely on the Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne”. Loosely. So what the hell — why not have the American Indians rescue Hester from the gallows? Alas, it is with deep shame that I confess I find this bastardization completely re-watchable.