 1941 1979  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen, Robert Stack, Christopher Lee, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook Jr., Warren Oates, Lorraine Gary, Bobby DiCicco, Murray Hamilton, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune
This film takes the events at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and then goes on to a make-believe story of the Japanese attack on Los Angeles. General Joseph Stilwell (Robert Stack) is in command of the military protecting California's coast, and Sgt. Tree (Dan Aykroyd) is assigned the job of installing a 40mm anti-aircraft gun in homeowner Ward Douglas' (Ned Beatty) backyard. When California is attacked, Hollywood Boulevard lies in ruins, and craziness is experienced by the military and civilians as well. Special effects really help this film.
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 50 First Dates 2004  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Hill, Allen Covert, Blake Clark, Maya Rudolph, Pomaika'i Brown, Joe Nakashima, Jonathan Loughran, Peter Dante, Lynn Collins
Hawaiian wildlife veterinarian Henry (Adam Sandler) is a ladies' man who dates tourists knowing that they will not expect a commitment. Harry meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore) and, for the first time, falls in love. But there is a problem: Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss and, after a night's sleep, can't remember what happened the day before. So, day after day, Henry must begin at square one to win Lucy's love.
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 Antz 1998  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Jane Curtin, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Christopher Walken, Sylvester Stallone
This entirely computer-generated film features Z (voice of Woody Allen) as a nonconformist ant that falls in love with Bala (Sharon Stone). But Bala is engaged to the power-mad General Mandible (Gene Hackman), so Z trades places with a warrior ant, Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), to impress Bala and enters a battle to the death against the superior termites. Will Z ever see Bala again? Will democracy reign in the insect world?
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 The Blues Brothers 1980 R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Musical
Director: John Landis
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steven Spielberg, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Frank Oz, Kathleen Freeman, Charles Napier, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Steve Lawrence, Twiggy
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi play Elwood and Jake Blues (of "Saturday Night Live" fame) who are reunited after Jake gets out of jail. They discover that the Catholic children's home where they grew up is in financial trouble and decide to get their band back together and put on a concert to raise money. In the process, they turn Chicago upside down.
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Blues Brothers 2000 1998 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples, Kathleen Freeman, Frank Oz, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Steve Lawrence
The Blues are back as Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) again tries to aid Mother Superior Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman) in her quest for funds for a children's hospital. Elwood heads for New Orleans hoping to reunite the band and enter the New Orleans' Battle of the Bands. While the plot involves Elwood leading cops and Russian mobsters on a merry chase, this film works as a tribute to the blues.
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 Bright Young Things 2003 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stephen Fry
Cast: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, David Tennant, Fenella Woolgar, James McAvoy, Julia McKenzie, Stockard Channing, Alex Barclay, Simon Callow, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton
Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's "Vile Bodies," this tale satirizes the lifestyles of upper-crust Londoners during the late 1930s.
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Caddyshack II 1988  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Arkush
Cast: Jackie Mason, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Dyan Cannon, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill, Randy Quaid, Jessica Lundy, Jonathan Silverman, Brian McNamara, Marsha Warfield, Paul Bartel, Chynna Phillips, Pepe Serna
Eight years after the original "Caddyshack," the sequel appears with Jackie Mason in the role of millionaire contractor Jack Hartounian. Jack's daughter Kate (Jessica Lundy) wants to join upper-crust Bushwood Country Club whose members can't stand Jack. A solution is found by Jack when he buys the majority of Bushwood's stock and turns the country club into an amusement park featuring golf. The confrontation between Jack and the members is finally solved through a golf match.
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Canadian Bacon 1995 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Moore
Cast: John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn, Steven Wright, Kevin J. O'Connor, Bill Nunn, G.D. Spradlin, James Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
A desperate U.S. President launches a campaign against Canada; however, the Canadians are having no part of it.
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 Casper 1995 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson, Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett, Rodney Dangerfield, Dan Aykroyd
Casper The Friendly Ghost returns after years of reruns on Saturday cartoon shows. This time, the computer-generated ghosts are nearly as real as humans in the movie. A woman inherits a haunted mansion that supposedly has hidden treasure in the environs. Her attempts to rid the mansion of ghosts are unsuccessful, so Casper influences her to bring in a ghost psychiatrist. Overall, it's enough fun that part of the family will enjoy it.
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Celtic Pride 1996  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom DeCerchio
Cast: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Christopher McDonald, Adam Hendershott, Bill Walton, Vladimir Cuk, Larry Bird
This basketball comedy is about two fanatic Boston Celtics fans, Mike O'Hara (Daniel Stern) and Jimmy Flaherty (Dan Aykroyd), who get drunk and kidnap Utah Jazz star Lewis Scott (Damon Wayans) before Game Seven of the NBA Finals. Of course, the plot backfires, and–unfortunately for the movie–silliness reigns.
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 Chaplin 1992 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rhys, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, James Woods, John Thaw, Moira Kelly, Maria Pitillo, Milla Jovovich, Kevin Dunn
Screen pioneer Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr.) discusses events of his life with his editor George Hayden (Anthony Hopkins) concerning his professional as well as his controversial personal life–as covered in Chaplin's autobiography. Through flashbacks, Chaplin's childhood in London, his vaudeville days, many marriages, and accusations of anti-American sentiments are told in this enjoyable film, which features Chaplin's real-life daughter Geraldine in the role of his mentally ill mother Hannah.
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 Christmas with the Kranks 2004 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston, Julie Gonzalo, Felicity Huffman
When daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves for the Peace Corps before Christmas, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to skip Christmas and embark on a cruise instead. But, the Krank's cranky neighbors are not pleased with the idea of foregoing Christmas, and disharmony threatens to ruin Christmas for all.
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 Coneheads 1993 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Michael McKean, Laraine Newman, Chris Farley, Jason Alexander, Lisa Jane Persky, Sinbad, Dave Thomas
The Coneheads, who originated on "Saturday Night Live," are back in a feature length film. In this story, the family goes through its usual paces while biding time waiting for their rescue space ship to take them back to their planet.
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The Couch Trip 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Chevy Chase, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Arye Gross, Michael Ensign
A mental patient trades places with his attending psychiatrist and then finds himself hosting a radio talk show in Los Angeles. The film is based on the notion that there is a thin line between sanity and insanity, yet it does not shed any new light on the issue.
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 Crossroads 2002 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tamra Davis
Cast: Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Anson Mount, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall, Justin Long, Raymond Young, Kyle Davis, Brandon Henschel, Beverly Johnson, Bohni Turpin, Branden Williams, Ritchie Montgomery, Jamie Lynn Spears
Three high-school seniors (Britney Spears, Taryn Manning, and Zoe Saldana) find a cross-country trip is the catalyst for resuming their lost friendships with each other. A detour but not a bumpy road in Britney Spears' career.
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Markinson, John Schuck, Peter Linari
North Coast Casualty and Fidelity Insurance Company investigator C.W. Briggs (Woody Allen) and his nemesis, Betty Ann "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt), are hypnotized by Voltan (David Ogden Stiers) who gives them the post-hypnotic suggestions to fall in love and for C.W. to rob the houses he has burglar proofed.
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 Diamonds 1999 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Asher
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Corbin Allred, Lauren Bacall, Kurt Fuller, Jenny McCarthy, Mariah O'Brien, June Chadwick, John Landis
A retired prizefighter, Harry Agensky (Kirk Douglas), is recovering from a stroke when he talks his son, Lance (Dan Aykroyd), and grandson Michael (Corbin Allred) into driving him to Reno in search of 13 diamonds Harry insists that he hid in a house many years ago.
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Doctor Detroit 1983 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei, T.K. Carter, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, Kate Murtagh, Andrew Duggan, George Furth
A college professor (Dan Aykroyd) is transformed into a crime lord defending a group of prostitutes.
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Driving Miss Daisy 1989  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Bob Hannah, Joann Havrilla, Ray McKinnon, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore
This movie spans 25 years in the life of Miss Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy)–a proud, stoic Southern lady–and her loyal, patient, Black chauffeur, Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman). Great entertainment. Academy Awards were received for Best Picture and for Best Actress. Awards were also received for Best Writing and Makeup, as well as five nominations, including Best Actor (Freeman).
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 Evolution 2001 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Ted Levine, Ethan Suplee, Michael Ray Bower, Pat Kilbane, Ty Burrell, Dan Aykroyd
When community college professors, Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and Harry Block (Orlando Jones), find that fighting off mutant monsters proves too difficult, the Army–led by Dr. Woodman (Ted Levine) and his assistant, Allison Reed (Julianne Moore)–is called in. But the odds are against them as the mutants keep evolving and reproducing. But wait, a secret weapon just might be discovered!
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Exit to Eden 1994 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Rosie O'Donnell, Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Hector Elizondo, Iman, Stuart Wilson, Donna Dixon, Rosemary Forsyth, John Schneider
Eden is a private resort where the staff aims to fulfill sexual fantasies. While there is no disputing that this film has sex, what it is lacking is full use of the comedic talent at hand. However, the time viewing will not be entirely wasted as Rosie O'Donnell and Dan Aykroyd do not disappoint.
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Feeling Minnesota 1996 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Baigelman
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo, Dan Aykroyd, Tuesday Weld, Russell Konstans, David Alan Smith
Two brothers, Jjaks (Keanu Reeves) and Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio), scramble for the attention of Sam's wife (Cameron Diaz).
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Getting Away with Murder 1996 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harvey Miller
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, Bonnie Hunt, Lily Tomlin, Brian Kerwin, Jerry Adler, Andy Romano, Robert Fields, J.C. Quinn, Marissa Chibas
The laborious plot for this film involves a university professor, Lambert (Dan Aykroyd), who thinks it is his moral duty to assassinate his neighbor, Max Mueller (Jack Lemmon), who the FBI suspects of being a Nazi war criminal.
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 Ghostbusters 1984  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson, David Margulies, Michael Ensign, Steven Tash, Jennifer Runyon, Slavitza Jovan, Alice Drummond, Jordan Charney
After Columbia University colleagues Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, and Dr. Egon Spengler (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis) lose their jobs at the university, they set up their own shop in New York City and offer their clients the service of Ghostbusters–ridding property of supernatural residents. Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) hires the Ghostbusters to investigate strange things that have been happening in her Central Park apartment. The Ghostbusters arrive on the scene and discover that Dana's apartment is the entryway to the spirit world of ghosts intent on terrorizing the citizens of New York City. Now, the Ghostbusters set out to rid the city of more than a few slimy creatures.
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 Ghostbusters II 1989  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol, David Margulies, Mary Ellen Trainor, Harris Yulin, Kurt Fuller, Janet Margolin, Wilhelm von Homburg
The Ghostbusters–Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Dr. Raymond Stanz (Dan Aykroyd), Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson)–have been restrained by the city from engaging in paranormal work. Meanwhile, Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) is now divorced and working as a restorer of art at a museum. While she is working on a portrait of Vigo the Carpathian, the portrait becomes hexed, and the ghost of Vigo (Wilhelm von Homburg) wants to take over the body of Dana's child. As slime oozes up from the streets of Manhattan, the Ghostbusters reunite in an effort to save New York City.
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The Great Outdoors 1988 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young, Ian Giatti, Robert Prosky, Hilary Gordon, Rebecca Gordon
Two brothers-in-law and their families go on vacation in the great outdoors. The brothers-in-law are complete opposites–Aykroyd plays a cold, anal, retentive businessman, and Candy a carefree, fun-loving guy. Highlight: Annette Bening's film debut.
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 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Armitage
Cast: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Mitch Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Jacott, Benny Urquidez, Audrey Kissel, Duffy Taylor, Brian Powell
Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack), a professional assassin, heads to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for two purposes: his 10-year high-school reunion and a business venture as a hit man. Once in town, he runs into Debi (Minnie Driver), the girl he stood up at the high-school prom. Former classmates cannot comprehend Blank's world and think he is joking when he describes his occupation as "professional killer." Good dialogue enhances this strange comedy/thriller.
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The House of Mirth 2000 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Pearce Quigley
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is Lily Bart's (Gillian Anderson) tragic love story. As a socialite, born into a time when marriage provided the only means for women to retain their places in society, Lily's life choices include the risk of losing real love and happiness and exclusion from high society–the only world she knows.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 2007 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Nicholas Turturro, Allen Covert, Rachel Dratch, Richard Chamberlain, Nick Swardson, Blake Clark, Mary Pat Gleason, Matt Winston, Lance Bass
Larry Valentine (Kevin James) is a widower working as a New York City firefighter when he is told that only a spouse can claim life insurance benefits. This leaves his children out in the cold. As a solution, Larry and his fellow firefighter Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler), who just happens to be a womanizer, take part in a mock marriage to beat the system. After the fire department sends an inspector (Steve Buscemi) to investigate the "marriage," Chuck and Larry hire a lawyer, Alex McDonough (Jessica Biel). Alex believes their story and recommends that they go to Canada where they can be legally wed because in Canada gay marriage is legal. And, of course, gay jokes prevail throughout the film.
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 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Philip Stone, Amrish Puri, Dan Aykroyd, Roshan Seth, Roy Chiao, David Yip, Ric Young, Philip Tan, Michael Yama, Akio Mitamura
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is back, and this time he is in India to retrieve a magical stone. The sequence of stunts that takes Indiana from a bar in Shanghai to an Indian village provides great movie fare. Happily, the rest of the film continues in the same excellent vein.
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Into the Night 1985 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Landis
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Richard Farnsworth, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Bowie, Dan Aykroyd, Irene Papas, Clu Gulager, Carmen Argenziano, David Cronenberg
An aerospace engineer (Jeff Goldblum) learns of his wife's affair with another man and, in the middle of the night, heads for the airport to try to clear his head. Meanwhile, a woman smuggler (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives at the airport, is met by four killers, and escapes by jumping into the engineer's car. Then the real intrigue begins.
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It Came from Hollywood 1982 PG, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Leo
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Don E. Carney
This film is a compilation of bad films, mixed with some good ones, and stars introduce the segments. Featured movies include "Plan 9 from Outer Space," "The Incredible Shrinking Man," and "War of the Worlds."
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Loose Cannons 1990  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Robert Prosky, Paul Koslo, Dick O'Neill, David Alan Grier
When a straight-arrow cop (Gene Hackman) is assigned a new, offbeat partner (Dan Aykroyd), there are differing opinions as to how to solve the murder case to which the new partners have been assigned. These two actors deserve better than this. 1 User Review
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| | non stop laughter and action - aykroyd is at his best | jackdanielsandwater07 10/03/2009 | | I have never laughed so hard and have seen it many times |
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Loser 2000 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear, Zak Orth, Thomas Sadoski, Jimmi Simpson, Dan Aykroyd, Twink Caplan, Robert Miano, Colleen Camp, Mollie Israel, Andy Dick, Steven Wright, Brian Backer, David Spade
Adjusting to freshman year at NYU can be difficult for a Midwesterner–as farm boy Paul Tannel (Jason Biggs) learns. Not only do his roommates boot him out of the dorm, but Paul falls for classmate Dora (Mena Suvari) who just happens to be having an affair with Professor Edward Alcott (Greg Kinnear). Despite the contrived plot, the story is a modest success with its appealing characterizations.
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Love at First Sight 1977 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Love Is Blind
At First Sight
Director: Rex Bromfield
Cast: Mary Ann McDonald, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Mallett, George Murray, Barry Morse, Mignon Elkins, Leslie Carlson, Grace Lewis, Allan Anderson, Grant Cowan, Jack Mather
A young Dan Aykroyd portrays a blind man whose romantic interest in a young woman (Mary Ann McDonald) takes on a comedic tone.
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Masters of Menace 1990 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Raskov
Cast: David Rasche, Catherine Bach, Lance Kinsey, Teri Copley, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, John Candy, George Wendt, Tino Insana, Lee Ving
A motorcycle gang sets out on a trip to bury one of their members and find themselves risking jail in the process. 1 User Review
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| | LOVE IT | Anonymous 09/16/2007 | | Please come out on DVD somebody!! |
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My Fellow Americans 1996 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall, Sela Ward, Everett McGill, Bradley Whitford, James Rebhorn
President William Haney (Dan Aykroyd) evades charges of his own involvement in a kickback scandal and finds his escape–he lays the blame on two former chief executives who directly preceded him as President. Ex-Presidents Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are political enemies who become objects of Haney's assassination plot and join forces to survive. This film has a silly script but provides amusing political satire.
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My Girl 1991 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne, Ann Nelson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jane Hallaren, Anthony R. Jones, Tom Villard, Lara Steinick, Kristian Truelsen, David Caprita, Jody Wilson
Eleven-year-old Vada (Anna Chlumsky) worries about her own responsibility for her mother's death during childbirth and reaches out for attention from her estranged father Harry (Dan Aykroyd) who runs a funeral parlor. When Harry starts dating Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), a cosmetologist who works in the funeral parlor, Vada tries to stop the romance. Meanwhile, her only friend Thomas (Macaulay Culkin) gives her comfort, but that ends when frail Thomas suffers a fatal injury after being attacked by bees. Now, Vada's preoccupation with death is accelerated. A sequel follows.
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My Girl 2 1994 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Austin O'Brien, Richard Masur, Christine Ebersole, Gerrit Graham, Richard Beymer, Ben Stein, Aubrey Morris, J.D. Souther, Angela Ball, Keone Young, Anthony R. Jones, Jodie Markell
In this sequel, Vada (Anna Chlumsky) is now13 years old. Her father Harry (Dan Aykroyd) has married Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and they are expecting a baby. Vada decides to write a paper about the mother she never knew because she died while giving birth to Vada. Harry reluctantly gives her permission to go to L.A. and arranges for her to stay with Uncle Phil (Richard Masur) who lives with his girlfriend Rose (Christine Ebersole) and her son Nick (Austin O'Brien). Nick and Vada are close in age and, together, travel around L.A. finding information about Vada's mother. When Vada learns that Shelly is about to give birth, she returns home and, while saying goodbye, receives her first kiss–from Nick.
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My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Seth Green, Harry Shearer, Ann Prentiss, Wesley Mann, Tony Jay
A spaceship from a doomed planet lands in Southern California carrying in it an alien (Kim Basinger) who just happens to have a snake that she carries in her purse. Her mission is to find an inept scientist (Dan Aykroyd) who might be able to re-create a ray that has affected the gravity on her planet.
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North 1994 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Matthew McCurley, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jerry Lewis, Kathy Bates
North (Elijah Wood) divorces his biological parents and sets out to scour the earth for the ideal set of replacements. To help him along the way, a confidante (Bruce Willis) advises and abets the search for North's elusive "perfect" adoptive parents.
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 Nothing But Trouble 1991 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Aykroyd
Cast: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore, Taylor Negron, Bertila Damas, Valri Bromfield, John Wesley, Raymond J. Barry, Brian Doyle-Murray
After being arrested for speeding, a couple (Chevy Chase and Demi Moore) become "guests" at the home of their judge–a "hanging" judge, J.P. Alvin Valkenheiser (Dan Aykroyd). Valkenheiser pronounces death sentences, and the pair end up in the dungeons below the judge's mansion.
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Nothing Lasts Forever 1984 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Schiller
Cast: Zach Galligan, Apollonia van Ravenstein, Lauren Tom, Dan Aykroyd, Imogene Coca, Eddie Fisher, Sam Jaffe, Mort Sahl, Bill Murray, Paul Rogers
This comedy is centered on a would-be artist (Zach Galligan) who has adventures in a futuristic New York and on the moon.
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 Pearl Harbor 2001 PG-13, 184 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, William Lee Scott, Greg Zola, Catherine Kellner, Ewen Bremner, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Dan Aykroyd
Best friends Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett)–two parts of a romantic triangle–go off to join the war in this love story. Devoting a total of 40 out of 184 minutes to the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath hardly does justice to the Japanese bombing that killed 3,000 Americans and rallied U.S. citizens into an all-out effort to win World War II. For a much better focus on Pearl Harbor, watch Richard Fleischer's "Tora! Tora! Tora!" An Academy Award was received for Best Sound Editing, and the film was nominated for three other awards.
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Eric Idle, Gary Weis
Cast: Eric Idle, John Halsey, Ricky Fataar, Neil Innes, Michael Palin, George Harrison, Bianca Jagger, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Gwen Taylor, Henry Woolf, Ron Wood, Terence Bayler
Monty Pythoner Eric Idle's parody of the Beatles phenomenon is brilliant and a must for fans. The mockumentary follows the The Rutles–-Dirk (Eric Idle), Barry (John Halsey), Stig, (Ricky Fataar), and Nasty (Neil Innes)–a Beatles-like group as they rise to success from their early days in Liverpool to worldwide fame. Songs include "Hold My Hand," 'Love Life," "Get Up and Go," "Yellow Submarine Sandwich," and many more.
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Sergeant Bilko 1996 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Glenne Headly, Max Casella, Daryl Mitchell, Eric Edwards, Chris Rock, Rance Howard, Dan Ferro, Austin Pendleton
"Sergeant Bilko" is reincarnated from the 1960s' TV series. In this film version, starring Steve Martin in the title role, Major Thorn (Phil Hartman) is Bilko's nemesis as he plots revenge for being bilked over a boxing match 15 years ago.
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Sneakers 1992 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Stephen Tobolowsky
Computer expert Bishop (Robert Redford) works with "Sneakers"–a group of men who know how to gather security information. Government agents use Bishop's shady past to coerce him and his group into stealing a "black box" that is capable of breaking any government code.
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Spies Like Us 1985 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, Bruce Davison, Bernie Casey, William Prince, Frank Oz, Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, Tom Hatten, James Daughton, Jim Staahl, Costa-Gavras, Ray Harryhausen
Inept government workers Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Milbarge (Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd) yearn for the exciting lives of espionage agents. They cheat on their Foreign Service Board exams for the CIA and get promoted. What they do not know is that the CIA considers them to be disposable and uses them as decoys for the real spies. They are dropped off in Pakistan where they fight Pakistani rebels and become involved in trying to stop Gen. Sline's (Steve Forrest) plan to start World War III.
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Stardom 2000 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: 15 Moments
Director: Denys Arcand
Cast: Jessica Pare, Dan Aykroyd, Charles Berling, Bruce Taylor, Camilla Rutherford, Thomas Gibson, Frank Langella, Patrick Huard, Tony Calabretta, Larry Day
The rise and fall of fashion supermodel Tina Menzhal (Jessica Pare) is chronicled in this so-so spoof of one young girl's experiences with fame in the fashion industry.
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Susan's Plan 1998 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
aka: Dying to Get Rich
Director: John Landis
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Michael Biehn, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle, Thomas Haden Church, Carl Ballantine, Bill Duke, Lisa Edelstein, Sheree North, Adrian Paul, Dan Aykroyd
Susan (Nastassja Kinski) plots, again and again, to murder her ex-husband, Paul (Adrian Paul), after she learns about his life insurance policy. First, her new lover, Sam (Billy Zane), hires two thugs (Michael Biehn and Rob Schneider), but they fail to kill Paul. Next a biker, Bob (Dan Akyroyd), is paid to finish the job. The problem is that as more people become involved, more want in on the money, and complications ensue.
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 Tommy Boy 1995 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Chris Farley, David Spade, Bo Derek, Brian Dennehy, Rob Lowe, Julie Warner, Sean McCann, Dan Aykroyd, Zach Grenier, James Blendick
Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) strives to save the family auto parts manufacturing business while his stepmother (Bo Derek) is trying to ruin it. Along with an accountant (David Spade), Tommy heads off on a very funny road trip to sell parts in order to save the business.
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 Trading Places 1983 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliott, Paul Gleason, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Belushi, Al Franken, Frank Oz, Robert Curtis Brown, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Cobbs, Bo Diddley, Philip Bosco
Just like in "The Prince and the Pauper," this movie goes with the premise of a rich man, Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd)–this time, a Philadelphia commodity broker–changing places with a poor man, Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), who is a con-artist. The Duke brothers–Randolph and Mortimer (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a bet on whether or not Louis will resort to crime when he loses his position in life. Throw in lots of good comedy, and you have a film worth watching.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante
Cast: Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin McCarthy, John Lithgow, John Larroquette, Scatman Crothers, Selma Diamond, Abbe Lane, Burgess Meredith, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Bill Quinn, Murray Matheson
This is Vic Morrow's last film as he and two Asian children were killed in a tragic helicopter accident while filming this movie. It is actually a remake of the TV show, and the last segment with George Miller directing is the best story with John Lithgow portraying a terrified passenger on an airplane. Each of the four Directors headed one segment.
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Unconditional Love 2002 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Meredith Eaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Lynn Redgrave, Stephanie Beacham, Richard Briers, Marcia Warren, Jack Noseworthy, Daniel Wyllie, Dan Aykroyd, Jonathan Pryce
Grace's (Kathy Bates) husband runs out on her, so, of course, she heads to London for the funeral of her pop-singer idol who had been murdered. There she meets the star's secret lover, Dirk (Rupert Everett), who, also of course, is grief-stricken. The two team up to find the killer, with the trail leading to Chicago. Good cast, weak comedy/mystery.
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| 1. 1941 (1979)
2. 50 First Dates (2004)
3. Antz (1998)
4. The Blues Brothers (1980)
5. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
6. Bright Young Things (2003)
7. Caddyshack II (1988)
8. Canadian Bacon (1995)
9. Casper (1995)
10. Celtic Pride (1996)
11. Chaplin (1992)
12. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
13. Coneheads (1993)
14. The Couch Trip (1988)
15. Crossroads (2002)
16. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
17. Diamonds (1999)
18. Doctor Detroit (1983)
19. Dragnet (1987)
20. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
21. Evolution (2001)
22. Exit to Eden (1994)
23. Feeling Minnesota (1996)
24. Getting Away with Murder (1996)
25. Ghostbusters (1984)
26. Ghostbusters II (1989)
27. The Great Outdoors (1988)
28. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
29. The House of Mirth (2000)
30. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
31. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
32. Into the Night (1985)
33. It Came from Hollywood (1982)
34. Loose Cannons (1990)
35. Loser (2000)
36. Love at First Sight (1977)
aka: Love Is Blind
aka: At First Sight
37. Masters of Menace (1990)
38. My Fellow Americans (1996)
39. My Girl (1991)
40. My Girl 2 (1994)
41. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
42. Neighbors (1981)
43. North (1994)
44. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
45. Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
46. Pearl Harbor (2001)
47. The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
48. Sergeant Bilko (1996)
49. Sneakers (1992)
50. Spies Like Us (1985)
51. Stardom (2000)
aka: 15 Moments
52. Susan's Plan (1998)
aka: Dying to Get Rich
53. Tommy Boy (1995)
54. Trading Places (1983)
55. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
56. Unconditional Love (2002)
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