TheRetroCritic

Stream in which I review Halloween: H20 , talk porn parodies, time travel horror movies and more.

Getting into the spirit of this month with a review of the recent Halloween remake.

Based on a novel by, believe it or not, John Grisham, Christmas With The Kranks is a comedy from 2004 starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis as a couple who decide to skip Christmas altogether when their daughter tells them she has to go to Peru for a Peace Corps assignment, much to the anger and disbelief of their neighbours. While the film did well at the box-office, critics were much less enthusiastic and it still holds a surprisingly low rating on Rotten Tomatoes and other sites. Maybe the corny poster and the fact it's yet another holiday-themed Tim Allen-starring family-friendly flick made it easy to dismiss as a trashy cash-in or maybe there's just something about Christmas With The Kranks that didn't sit well with people. On the surface, this is a pretty harmless film about a couple engaged in a goofy tit-for-tat battle with the neighbourhood, sort of like in the equally despised  Deck The Halls . There's nothing harsh or particularly unpredictable about

A Fish Called Wanda was released in 1988 and starred two sixths of the Monty Python gang, John Cleese and Michael Palin, along with the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, the latter picking up an Academy Award for his performance. The film sees femme fatale Wanda (Curtis) and her lover/partner in crime Otto (Kline) attempt to con a London gangster after helping him gather some priceless diamonds. The heist goes according to plan but the jewels are nowhere to be found so it becomes up to Wanda to get close to the gang leader's barrister Archie (Cleese) in order to figure out where they could be hidden. Otto being the jealous type, this plan proves to be difficult for all involved, especially when Wanda starts to develop genuine feelings for Archie. Meanwhile, Ken (Palin), the stuttering ally of the imprisoned gangster, is tasked with getting rid of an old lady who witnessed the robbery and, again, this proves to be much more difficult than it was meant to be as he keep