Andy Richter Archives

Cabin Boy (1994)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 6, 2002Idiot's Absurdist Adventures

A conte cruel that delights in piling humiliations onto obnoxious rich kid Chris Elliott who is shanghaied aboard a ship. This comes in an absurdist vein not dissimilar to the works of producer Tim Burton

Director: Adam Resnick

Actors: Chris Elliott, Melora Walters, Ann Magnuson, James Gammon, …

Category: Fantasy

6 December 200214 May 2020 by Roog

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Rating: ★½

Jul 8, 2001Genre Spoof

The first of the Scary Movie sequels. The Wayans Brothers extend the gag beyond the slasher movie to take on the ghost story and exorcism film while aiming squarely for Lowest Common Denominator humour

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Actors: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Cross, …

Category: Horror

8 July 200130 July 2026 by Roog

Big Trouble (2002)

Rating: ★★

Dec 28, 2004Nuclear Weapon Comedy

A flop comedy based on a Dave Barry novel about various characters trying to obtain a nuclear weapon. Despite a reasonable name cast, this becomes slapstick inanity in director Barry Sonnenfeld's hands

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Actors: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Janeane Garofalo, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 December 200427 November 2025 by Roog

Elf (2003)

Rating: ★★

Nov 25, 2003Ungainly Christmas Elf Comes to New York

Jon Favreau directed Christmas film premised entirely around the premise of 6'3" Will Ferrell as an ungainly Christmas elf. The film works entirely to the extent one has a tolerance for Ferrell's screen presence.

Director: Jon Favreau

Actors: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, …

Category: Fantasy

25 November 200330 July 2026 by Roog

Madagascar (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 19, 2005Animation/Talking Animals

Enjoyably silly DreamWorks animated film concerning a group of talking zoo animals that are released into the wilds of Africa for the first time. This spawned a series of sequels

Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Actors: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, …

Category: Fantasy

19 June 200511 June 2021 by Roog

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 12, 2008Animation/Talking Animals

A reasonable sequel to DreamWorks' Madagascar that this time actually takes the characters to Africa where it determines to give each of them their own story

Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Actors: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, …

Category: Fantasy

12 December 20082 August 2026 by Roog

Aliens in the Attic (2009)

Rating: ★★

Oct 20, 2009Children vs Alien Invaders

A family film about a group of kids discovering alien invaders in their attic. A film that is largely construed around a series of slapstick set-pieces.

Director: John Schultz

Actors: Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Kevin Nealon, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 October 20097 November 2025 by Roog

Obsession (2025)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 11, 2026Love Wish Gone Wrong

A nerdy guy’s wish to have a girl love him goes badly wrong turning her into something deranged. This became a word of mouth box-office hit and signals Curry Barker as a major new genre director

Director: Curry Barker

Actors: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, …

Category: Horror

11 July 202611 July 2026 by Roog