Tagged Robin Williams

With the upcoming releases of both Stan & Ollie and Beautiful Boy, starring funnymen Steves Coogan and Carell respectively, it felt as good a time as any to shine the light on a selection of other...

“A game for those who seek to find/A way to leave their world behind” If you grew up in the ‘90s, chances are you went to see – and fell in love with – Jumanji. A Robin Williams-headlined family...

Jumanji was one of those films that managed to terrify as much as it entertained. Never before had anyone put their life on the line just by playing a board game. A film that is still held dearly in the hearts...

There is a great tradition in cinema of the normally "comic" actor going "serious"; even more of a risk, however, is when a full-time standup makes the transition to acting in the first place. It can be...

With Steven Spielberg at the helm and a ridiculously strong cast of Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, and Julia Roberts, Hook should have been the standout Hollywood success story of 1991. Instead,...

Alla Nazimova, the famed Broadway star of the early 1900s, apparently once said that “sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.” So without further ado...

A comedy starring the cast of Monty Python and the late Robin Williams - not to mention a smorgasbord of British talent in supporting roles - sounds brilliant on paper, but it only works if you give them funny...

Shapeero's Christmas black comedy is a turgid blend of pizazz and self-deprecating humour. Boyd Mitcheler spreads seasonal overkill on his children after years of disgruntled treatment from his family,...

1980s high school movies are a mixed bag, with the plethora of cult teen films ranging tonally from dick jokes to contemplations on mortality (sometimes even within the same film). Of course the high-school...