The Nines (2007)
Jul 17, 2009Reality Bender
Fascinating directorial debut from screenwriter John August that tells three stories about Ryan Reynolds who gradually makes mind-boggling discoveries about the nature of reality
Melissa McCarthy
Ghostbusters (2016)
Jul 23, 2016Team of Spook Chasers Comedy
There was a lot of hate centred on this for recasting a classic with an all-girl cast. It emerges mostly likeably, no better, no worse on the whole, where the new ensemble make a solid showing
The Happytime Murders (2018)
Jan 25, 2019World Where Puppets and Humans Coexist
Jim Henson's son Brian trashes his father's legacy, showing puppets getting up to very adult things we never saw on The Muppet Show. Peter Jackson did it even more outrageously in Meet the Feebles
Superintelligence (2020)
Dec 4, 2020Artificial Intelligence Comedy
We have had some standout A.I. films in the last few years. This is comedy variant where Melissa McCarthy is befriended by an A.I. who adopts the voice of James Corden
Thunder Force (2021)
Apr 17, 2021Superhero Comedy
Melissa McCarthy, along with Octavia Spencer as her best friend, is a comic screw-up who obtain superpowers
The Little Mermaid (2023)
Aug 5, 2023Disney Live-Action Remake
Disney’s original The Little Mermaid was an enormously fresh film. This is the inevitable live-action remake