Jane Curtin Archives

Coneheads (1993)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 6, 2003Alien Visitors Comedy

Film spinoff of a Dan Aykroyd skit on Saturday Night Live about a family of aliens ho attempting to maintain ordinary suburban life on Earth The film has a really wacky sense of humour, which is probably why it was a box-office flop

Director: Steve Barron

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Michael McKean, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 January 200310 January 2026 by Roog

Antz (1998)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 11, 1999Animation/Talking Ants

The first animated film from DreamWorks, a rather charming effort that takes place in an ant nest with Woody Allen perfectly voice cast as a nebbish ant who decides to defy the crowd

Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson

Actors: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, …

Category: Fantasy

11 June 199918 November 2025 by Roog

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 19, 2019Adventure Film/Quest for Mythic Artifacts

The first of several tv movies and later tv series about a team that collect mythic artifacts. An unapologetic copy of the Indiana Jones films and surprisingly more fun than you expect

Director: Peter Winther

Actors: Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Kyle MacLachlan, …

Category: Fantasy

19 November 20193 July 2026 by Roog

The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Rating: ★★

Nov 22, 2008Man Transforms Into a Dog Comedy

The remake of the old Disney comedy becomes a vehicle for Tim Allen, played with a manic slapstickery wherein Allen demonstrates there are few levels of silliness he will travel to in imitating dog-like behaviours

Director: Brian Robbins

Actors: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Robert Downey Jr, Spencer Breslin, …

Category: Fantasy

22 November 20085 July 2026 by Roog

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines (2006)

Rating: ★★

May 23, 2023Adventure Film

The second of The Librarian tv movies featuring Noah Wyle as an Indiana Jones-modelled adventurer in search of mythical artifacts - here a map to King Solomon’s Mines

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Actors: Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, …

Category: Fantasy

23 May 20233 July 2026 by Roog

Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (2016)

Rating: ★★

Mar 6, 2017Animation/Young H.P. Lovecraft's Adventures

H.P. Lovecraft is a cult horror writer whose work brims over with a sense of cosmic dread. One of the most bizarre Lovecraft film adaptations is this work of children's animation featuring a young Lovecraft

Director: Sean Patrick O'Reilly

Actors: Kiefer O'Reilly, Sean Patrick O'Reilly, Jane Curtin, Summer O'Reilly, …

Category: Fantasy

6 March 20172 November 2025 by Roog

Jules (2023)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 11, 2026Senior Citizen Befriends Alien

Likeable comedy variant on E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial in which senior citizen Ben Kingsley befriends an alien visitor after its UFO crashes in his backyard. Few films are made with such an acute awareness of aging

Director: Marc Turtletaub

Actors: Ben Kingsley, Jane Curtin, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jade Quon, …

Category: Science Fiction

11 January 202616 May 2026 by Roog