The Stepford Wives

Cynical TV producer Joanna Eberhardt (Nicole Kidman) moves away from New York with husband Walter (Matthew Broderick) and settles down in a small town where every woman seems to come…

M*A*S*H: The 11-Year War

William Christopher, Loretta Swit, Harry Morgan, Gary Burghoff, Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr. Photo: CBS One of the best-loved television shows ever, its 1983 finale,…

Will & Grace: A Lovably Gay Agenda

Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally. Photo: NBC A part of me wants to talk only about this show as just another one of those fine sitcoms…

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

As Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) waits for the all-important Christmas bonus, he starts planning for the best Christmas ever with his family. Of course, disaster looms in this third chapter…

Home Alone: Christmas with a Kick

Macaulay Culkin. Photo: 20th Century Fox I love everything about Christmas. Most people would pick It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) as their favorite Yuletide-themed film, and it certainly is a…

Vegas Vacation 

The Griswolds go to Las Vegas on vacation, but Clark and Ellen's (Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo) marriage hits a few bumps and cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) shows up to cause…

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) goes to Washington to work for Congresswoman Victoria Rudd (Sally Field); her aim is to introduce a bill to ban animal testing. A sequel we could…

Freaky Friday 

Tess Coleman and her daughter Anna (Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan) find it impossible to communicate with each other; when a spell in a fortune cookie makes them switch bodies,…

Joey 

Joey was the only character on Friends to get a spin-off... but it never matched the success of the original series. Better than its reputation, Joey always paled in comparison;…

The Pink Panther

The coach of the French national soccer team is murdered and his huge, famous Pink Panther diamond ring is stolen; it’s up to Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin) to find the…