Henry Gibson Archives

Charlotte’s Web (1973)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 3, 2002Animation/Talking Barnyard Animals

A classic animated film. A delightful film about a young pig that seeks to change his fate and gets aid from a spider that can spell. A theatrical outing for Hanna-Barbera, creator of tv's The Flintstones et al

Director: Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamato

Actors: Henry Gibson, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Pamelyn Ferdin, …

Category: Fantasy

3 July 20021 January 2026 by Roog

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 9, 2003Miniaturised Housewife Comedy

An appealing comedy remake of The Incredible Shrinking Man with Lily Tomlin as a housewife who starts to shrink after exposure to household cleaning products. One of the better films from the usually terrible Joel Schumacher

Director: Joel Schumacher

Actors: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Mark Blankfield, Ned Beatty, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 June 200313 January 2026 by Roog

Monster in the Closet (1986)

Rating: ★★

Dec 8, 2016Monster Movie Parody

Monster movie parody that spoofs a number of classic films, including King Kong where it takes the title literally and the monster makes off with the hero, giving the film a certain LGBT relevance in its day

Director: Bob Dahlin

Actors: Henry Gibson, Paul Walker, Donald Moffat, Frank Ashmore, …

Category: Horror

8 December 201612 September 2026 by Roog

The ‘Burbs (1989)

Rating: ★★

Jan 3, 2000Suburban Paranoia Black Comedy

Joe Dante black comedy about a neighbourhood where everybody becomes paranoid about the weird new people moved in. The film's bite gets lots amid everything being pitched at a clumsily shrill level of hysteria

Director: Joe Dante

Actors: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, …

Category: Horror

3 January 200026 May 2020 by Roog

Bio-Dome (1996)

Rating: ★

Sep 1, 2007Hijinks in an Enclosed Biosphere

An obnoxious comedy that has the view that it is fun to watch Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin wreck a bio-dome because the scientists are a bunch of tight-asses

Director: Jason Bloom

Actors: Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, Kylie Minogue, William Atherton, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 September 200721 August 2026 by Roog

Magnolia (1999)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 31, 1999Interwoven Stories/Unexplained Phenomena

From Paul Thomas Anderson, a series of interlinking stories, featuring some great performances. Underlining everything is a fascination with the inexplicable and the works of Charles Fort

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Actors: Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, …

Category: Fantasy

31 December 199926 August 2026 by Roog

The Luck of the Irish (2001)

Rating: ★½

Apr 19, 2009Teenage Leprechaun

A Disney Channel film where Ryan Merriman discovers that he is the child of leprechaun parents. A mad pastiche of Irish culture, related to the earlier film in name only

Director: Paul Hoen

Actors: Ryan Merriman, Henry Gibson, Marita Geraghty

Category: Fantasy

19 April 200929 July 2026 by Roog