This misguided spoof of the ruthless world of children’s television programming is one of those wild Hollywood misfires, a movie of spectacular potential that makes an even more spectacular failure. The film traces an ongoing battle between two rival kid-show hosts – the disgraced, corrupt Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) and his squeaky-clean replacement, Smoochy the

This wicked little black comedy is a study in the niceties of sharing personal space, and the greed with which we pursue property to get more of it. Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore play a pair of seemingly harmless New York yuppies who inherit an aging tenant (Eileen Essel) in a rent-controlled apartment when they

Rob Schneider is the poor man’s guilty pleasure – if Adam Sandler can’t feed your appetite for inspired idiocy, then idiocy plays too prominent a part in your life. Nevertheless, The Hot Chick has some funny bits as it follows a snobby cheerleader (Rachel McAdams) who wakes up in Schneider’s body – his first bout

The Ringer, in which Johnny Knoxville plays a failed actor who tries to fix the Special Olympics by posing as one of the athletes, skillfully handles its subject by turning the tables on its characters. Much like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which gave more dignity to its title nerd than the womanizers who surround him, this

There are a few moments of inspired lunacy in this American Pie rip-off, but none of the self-deprecating honesty that made that outrageous sex comedy such a sweet surprise. Only MTV’s Tom Green, as a perpetual college student obsessed with feeding his friend’s boa constrictor, stands out among the gimmicky cast.

If you don’t find at least one amusing thing in Big Trouble, then you’re either having a really bad day or you should admit to being a professional crab. This is a movie packed with about 15 story lines, 14 main characters (played by the likes of Tim Allen, Rene Russo and Dennis Farina) and