Abbot White DVD

Advantages: Funny, silly, family orientated
Disadvantages: No DVD extras

...Haunted Honey moon is a comedy written/directed by and starring Gene Wilder. The cast also includes Gilda Radner, Dom Deluise, Jonathan Pryce and Jim Carter. The story revolves around 1930s radio actor Larry Abbot (Wilder) and his fiancée Vickie Pearle (Radner), who visit Abbot's childhood home for the wedding. However, Abbot grew up in a spooky old castle, surrounded by his wacky relatives. The most eccentric of all being his aunt Kate (Deluise). To add to the intrigue, Larry's psychiatrist uncle decides to cure Larry's neurotic speech impediment by subjecting him to intense fright therapy. This film is very funny and very silly also. Certain elements of the horror genre are borrowed (werewolves, snakes, cobwebs, spooky castles with spooky butlers), but by and large these are incidental to a series of funny scenes loosely held together... Read review

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Advantages: combines great humour and Kung-Fu, like some Jackie Chan movies
Disadvantages: possibly looking a little dated now

...When released in Hong Kong this film was Officially titled The Legend Of Fong Sai Yuk part 2. This film is classic early Jet Lee and the fight scenes etc are similar to those in Once Upon A Time In China. This film is based on a real rebel legend and Chinese hero called....you guessed it, Fong Sai Yuk. This period film has something great about it, other than just the great fighting. The realationship between Fong Sai Yuk {Jet Lee} and his mother is classically comedic. These two are like a chinese Abbot and Costello, and I wonder if Jackie Chan got some of his influences from movies like this one. Other areas of humour are Fong Sai Yuk's love interests and the trouble that ensues. The film continues the story of the young Fong Sai Yuk still following in his fathers footsteps, who also was a Chinese rebel. Fights are very good... Read review

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Advantages: Very Funny
Disadvantages: Not to everyones taste

...When this Kevin Smith film was first released, the Catholic Church complained. They complained a lot. Once can understand why - on face value. This is a film about fallen angels on a killing spree being chased by a descendant of Jesus` siblings and the thirteenth apostle (who happens to be black), all in an attempt to get back to Heaven and visit God - who is female. Contentious stuff, but Kevis Smith is a deeply religious person and this is more to do with his own attempts to sort religion out once and for all inside his head whilst having a laugh at organised religion and Catholicism in general. The cast are excellent, Matt and Ben work together well in a style reminiscent of Abbot and Costello, Alan Rickman is excellent as usual as the Metatron (the voice of God), Linda Fiorentino plays the last Siren and Salma Hayek is a Muse... Read review

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