Nothing But Trouble is an interesting experiment. Oh yes, it’s bad, but I think I see what Akroyd was doing with this film when he settled into the director’s chair, and of course, he had his hand in the script as well. He paired with his friends Chevy Chase, and John Candy and delivered what…
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Funny Farm (1988) – George Roy Hill
Life in the country isn’t what Andy (chevy Chase) and Elizabeth Farmer (Madolyn Smith Osborne) thought it was going to be. They are moving out of New York and settling into a small town, Redbud, so that Andy can work on his first novel. Unfortunately, life has other plans, and nothing goes right, from phone…
Spies Like Us (1985) – John Landis
Wow, my friends and I watched this movie so many times throughout my teen years; it is now inextricably tied to my youth, and no matter how many times we said it, we never got tired of the ‘dickfer’ joke. Filled with lots of great jokes and gags, the film puts Dan Akroyd and Chevy…
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) – Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis directs, John Hughes wrote the original script, and Chevy Chase (despite his off-screen persona) is comedy gold in this 1983 classic. It’s been forever since I watched it, and while I remembered bits and pieces, a lot passed me by, and it was amazing to see it all over again. And oh man,…
TIFF24: Saturday Night dr. Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman delivers her sharpest, most well-crafted film today with Saturday Night, a look at that fateful night on 11 October, 1975 when the world was introduced to the Not Quite Ready For Prime Time Players with NBC’s Saturday Night. Lorne Micheals (Gabriel LaBelle) is working to juggle a live to air sketch show that…
Confess, Fletch (2022) – Greg Mottola
I loved the 1985 Fletch adaptation starring Chevy Chase, and I’ve read a few of Gregory McDonald’s novels, and have been eager to see the iconic and laconic investigative reporter return to the screen. That journey has been long and arduous and has seen many creative people involved in trying to resurrect the character. Greg…
Wild and Crazy Guys (2019) – Nick de Semlyen
I loved Nick de Semlyen’s The Last Action Heroes which took readers behind the scenes of the big 80s action heroes, their successes and blunders. When I heard he’s also written one about the big comedy stars of the 80s I sought out a copy of Wild and Crazy Guys immediately. The focus of this…
Fletch (1974) – Gregory McDonald
I first read Fletch back in the 80s when the Chevy Chase movie was coming along, and for some reason I had problems keeping the story threads straight, as most of the text in the novel is dialogue, not action, so I would lose who said what and would have to go back, and back…
Chuck (2010) – Versus the Tooth, and Versus the Living Dead
Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Chuck (Zachary Levi) have moved in together, but Chuck starts having some strange dreams in Chuck Versus the Tooth. Written by Zev Borow and Max Denby this episode first aired on 10 May, 2010. General Beckman (Bonita Friedericy) is tired of being woken up by Chuck’s dreams, that have been wreaking…
Chuck (2009/2010) – Versus the Ring, and Versus the Pink Slip
Season two of Chuck comes to its conclusion with Chuck Versus the Ring. Written by one of the series creators Chris Fedak and Ali Adler, and directed by Robert Duncan McNeill, it first aired on 27 April 2009. Chuck (Zachary Levi) may in fact be rid of the Intersect, thanks to his father, Steve (Scott…
