Comedy

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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Allen gets mileage out of one joke in ‘Zelig’ (1983)

“Zelig” (1983) initially seems to be a case of one joke – that Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen) has chameleon abilities that allow him to blend

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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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‘Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy’ (1982) an amusing riff

“A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy” (1982) is a good example of how Woody Allen’s B-game is better than most writer-directors’ B-game, but it also makes

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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2’ (1986) a bonkers comedy

Finally delivering a sequel after 12 years and a detour to the big-time success of 1982’s “Poltergeist,” Tobe Hooper directs Cannon Films’ “The Texas Chainsaw

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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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‘Manhattan’ (1979) another winner from Allen, Keaton

Woody Allen isn’t known as a commercial filmmaker, but “Manhattan” (1979) is – at least at first blush – an example of giving people what

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‘Sleepaway Camp’ sequels (1988-89) coast on momentum

“Sleepaway Camp” (1982) is a cult classic with mesmerizingly stiff direction, editing and acting that leads up to one of the most famous final-frame twists

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‘Love and Death’ (1975) skewers Russian tragedies

Appearing to be dour and grim in the fashion of Russian tragedies, “Love and Death” (1975) wasn’t at the top of my stack of Woody

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‘Coming 2 America’ has more enthusiasm than inspiration

Thirty-three years after “Coming to America,” Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley and nonagenarian James Earl Jones still look great. But writers Barry W. Blaustein

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