Bridget Jones’s Diary

There was a lot of pressure on the filmmakers to turn Helen Fielding’s bestseller, about a 32-year-old Londoner who senses the time has come to choose between Mr. Right and…

Home Improvement 

In this likable family sitcom, stand-up comedian Tim Allen was the clumsy host of “Tool Time”, a do-it-yourself TV show. All too often “the Toolman” was injured in his work…

Legally Blonde

This was the movie that presented Reese Witherspoon as a bona fide movie star more than able to turn a project into a cash cow. She is outstanding as the…

Empty Nest 

With The Golden Girls a hit, Susan Harris came up with another sitcom in the same vein. From her previous show Soap came Richard Mulligan, and his charisma boosted the…

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 

Kevin's (Macaulay Culkin) family is ready for another vacation, but this time he gets lost in New York and runs into some familiar burglars... If I were a member of…

Happy Gilmore 

The Caddyshack golf movies were popular in the 1980s, and then we got this – but in all honesty, it’s not an improvement. God knows Adam Sandler is no Bill…