Tag: John Landis

Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop III, but this is an entirely different Foley - and hardly entertaining as a result.

Ever Talk to a Corpse? David isn’t really a werewolf. It seems like it – after all, he spends a night in agonizing pain, growing out limbs, fangs, and …

Brad Dourif Firestarter From the horror filmmaker behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist comes a fun little genre exercise in pyrokinetic terror. Director Tobe Hooper’s 1990 movie Spontaneous …

Have a Happy Pouring from Schlock is the type of crud expected of a first time filmmaker, in this case then 21 year-old John Landis. Landis’ Schlock is random, …

An American Classic Set in London John Landis’ signature is all over American Werewolf. His biting humor, that impeccable sense of chaos, irreverent settings, and brilliant irony blend into …

"They took everything, even the stuff we didn't steal."

Spies Like Us gets away with quite a bit, mostly because Landis sets his usual “anything goes” tone...

Director John Landis may have taken a slow dive in terms of his movie quality recently, but almost everything he helmed in the 1980s was golden. Starting with The …

There’s not much like a John Landis late ’70s or ’80s comedy. Animal House, Blues Brothers, Coming to America, and of course Trading Places all fall into that category. …

The Movie: What needs to be said about the quintessential drunken frat party comedy other than “Toga?” Coming in at #36 on the AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Laughs comedy …