Bill Murray

Family bonds, colorful realm drive ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (now streaming), the third film in the series and 31st Marvel Cinematic Universe film overall, starts the 2023 calendar strong

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Donner, Murray add nutmeg to a classic in ‘Scrooged’ (1988)

Director Richard Donner’s “Scrooged” (1988) reimagines Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with a cynical 1980s edge, without sacrificing the timeless message. Bill Murray is the

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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ (2021) is smoothly nostalgic

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (2021) is the best of the three sequels. That’s a low bar to clear, but it’s also a reasonably impressive achievement. The original

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Murray at his most curmudgeonly in lovable ‘St. Vincent’ (2014)

Bill Murray gives one of his most actor-ly performances in “St. Vincent” (2014), but it’s still his innate ability to play a curmudgeon with a

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Murray, Dreyfuss trade great turns in ‘What About Bob?’ (1991)

Bill Murray, in a not-too-showy turn as the titular neurotic, and Richard Dreyfuss, in a sometimes delightfully over-the-top turn as his annoyed psychiatrist, trade off

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‘Stripes’ (1981), like the Army, is not for everyone

After the lightweight “Meatballs” (1979) and the entertaining “Caddyshack” (1980), I’m back in the mode of “How did these guys end up making the brilliant

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‘Broken Flowers’ (2005) a slow-burn travelogue

I’ve been reading a fair amount of old books lately (as readers of my Sleuthing Sundays series know) and I notice characters often pause for

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Knight, Dangerfield ‘gopher’ broke in ‘Caddyshack’ (1980)

Director/co-writer Harold Ramis and actor Bill Murray continue their march from “Meatballs” to “Ghostbusters” with “Caddyshack” (1980), which itself is considered a comedy classic. Should

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Mediocre ‘Meatballs’ (1979) puts Murray on map

“Meatballs” (1979), one of the rare summer-camp movies I’ve seen where no one gets killed, marks the first collaboration between director Ivan Reitman and star

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‘Lost in Translation’ (2003) is exquisitely sad

From the early shot of Bill Murray’s Bob Harris riding through Tokyo in a cab while Girls’ “Death in Vegas” plays, “Lost in Translation” (2003)

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