Andie McDowell Archives

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 17, 2012Revisionist Tarzan Film

Maybe the definitive Tarzan film, one that drops the pulp adventure and recasts the story as British arthouse theatre. Superbly mounted and cast. Christopher Lambert has never better in the title role

Director: Hugh Hudson

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Andie McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, …

Category: Fantasy

17 August 201212 March 2026 by Roog

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 1, 2003Gonzo Caper Comedy

Madcap slapstick caper comedy with Bruce Willis as a cat burglar. This was a massive box-office flop at the time but remains a lunatically out-of-control mess that is frequently hilarious

Director: Michael Lehmann

Actors: Bruce Willis, Andie McDowell, Danny Aiello, Richard E. Grant, …

Category: Fantasy

1 April 20038 April 2026 by Roog

Groundhog Day (1993)

Rating: ★★★★

Jan 2, 2000Timeloop Comedy

Winning comedy with Bill Murray trapped in a timeloop and forced to repeat the same day over. Murray is at a career-peak best and served by a great script. The surprise is how much the timeloop theme was copied by subsequent films

Director: Harold Ramis

Actors: Bill Murray, Andie McDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, …

Category: Fantasy

2 January 200017 November 2025 by Roog

Multiplicity (1996)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 2, 2003Cloning Comedy

Harold Ramis followed up the hit of Groundhog Day with this amiable comedy in which Michael Keaton is an overworked husband who creates several clones of himself to help with the workload

Director: Harold Ramis

Actors: Michael Keaton, Andie McDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 September 200314 October 2025 by Roog

Michael (1996)

Rating: ★★

Feb 28, 1999Irreverent Angel

Nora Ephron romantic comedy with John Travolta cast as angel who is a slob. A rather aimless shapeless comedy that thinks it is funnier than it is

Director: Nora Ephron

Actors: John Travolta, William Hurt, Andie McDowell, Robert Pastorelli, …

Category: Fantasy

28 February 199916 June 2023 by Roog

Muppets from Space (1999)

Rating: ★★

Jul 17, 1999Muppet Movie

The third and one of the better of the generally insipid Muppet movies produced following Jim Henson's death. This tells the story of Gonzo's origins as an alien where the film borrows spoofs the then-popularity of tv's The X Files

Director: Tim Hill

Actors: Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Schneider, Ray Liotta, Josh Charles, …

Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

17 July 199914 December 2020 by Roog

Ready or Not (2019)

Rating: ★★

Nov 29, 2019Deadly Game of Hide and Seek

This is The Most Dangerous Game in the setting of an Agatha Christie whodunnit. Samara Weaving marries into a family of privilege only to find her wedding night requires her to engage in a deadly game of Hide and Seek

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Actors: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie McDowell, …

Category: Horror

29 November 201910 May 2026 by Roog