Thomas Lennon Archives

Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

Rating: ★½

Jul 2, 2005Cute Car/Disney Comedy

This was a revival of Disney's Herbie the Love Bug films. Here it becomes a vehicle for Lindsay Lohan who is cast as a racing driver and is missing all the cute charms the original films had

Director: Angela Robinson

Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon, Michael Keaton, Justin Long, …

Category: Fantasy

2 July 200531 October 2025 by Roog

The Pacifier (2005)

Rating: ★

May 2, 2005Action Hero Becomes Babysitter Comedy

Vin Diesel seemed to fairly much kill his career off with this excruciating comedy in which he deflates his tough guy persona by playing off a bunch of kids

Director: Adam Shankman

Actors: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Lauren Graham, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 May 200529 January 2025 by Roog

Night at the Museum (2006)

Rating: ★★

Feb 11, 2007Museum Exhibits Come to Life

Popular family hit with Ben Stiller as a night watchman at New York’s Museum of Natural History who discovers that the exhibits come to life at night. More a cute idea than a full film, there is some fun to the characters and effects

Director: Shawn Levy

Actors: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, …

Category: Fantasy

11 February 200710 October 2024 by Roog

Night at the Museum 2 (2009)

Rating: ★★

May 24, 2009Museum Exhibits Come to Life

Sequel to the Ben Stiller hit offers more of the same with a bigger museum and more exhibits come to life but little else

Director: Shawn Levy

Actors: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, …

Category: Fantasy

24 May 200910 August 2023 by Roog

Hell Baby (2013)

Rating: ★★

Apr 4, 2022Possession/Diabolic Pregnancy Comedy

From the creators of Reno 911, a comedy spoofing possession, exorcism and diabolical pregnancy cliches. This assembles a lot that feels as though it should be funnier than it is

Director: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

Actors: Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Keegan-Michael Key, Paul Scheer, …

Category: Horror

4 April 202230 October 2025 by Roog

Jessabelle (2014)

Rating: ★★

Dec 7, 2014Haunted Southern Home

Ghost story from one of the directors of the Saw sequels that settles in with halfway reasonable build-up. On the other hand, the few spooky scenes never go anywhere, before the film is killed off by an improbable left field twist ending

Director: Kevin Greutert

Actors: Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, David Andrews, Joelle Carter, …

Category: Horror

7 December 201431 October 2023 by Roog