Lowell Ganz Archives

Splash! (1984)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 24, 2002Mermaid Comedy

One of the earliest films from Ron Howard as director, a bubbly infectiously light comedy with Tom Hanks in a romance with mermaid Daryl Hannah. This was a hit and offered major career breakthroughs for Howard, Hanks, Hannah and John Candy.

Director: Ron Howard

Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, …

Category: Fantasy

24 November 20027 August 2020 by Roog

Spies Like Us (1985)

Rating: ½

Aug 20, 2003Spy Comedy

Unfunny John Landis film with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd as two bumbling CIA agents. This aspires to being one of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road films but only arrives at inane slapstick

Director: John Landis

Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 August 200321 March 2025 by Roog

Vibes (1988)

Rating: ★★

May 5, 2003Psychic Powers Comedy-Adventure

Psychic powers comedy made in the aftermath of Ghostbusters where Jeff Goldblum is upstaged by a kooky Cyndi Lauper

Director: Ken Kwapis

Actors: Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, Googy Gress, …

Category: Fantasy

5 May 20032 June 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

Robots (2005)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 11, 2005Animation/Cute Robots

Enjoyably likeable animated film from Blue Sky Studios set in a world inhabited by robots. Lots of visual invention and madcap slapstick

Director: Chris Wedge

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, …

Category: Fantasy

11 April 200520 September 2019 by Roog

Tooth Fairy (2010)

Rating: ★

Jan 27, 2010Tough Guy Becomes a Tooth Fairy

From the top wrestling superstar in the world in the early 00s to movie action hero to being dressed in a pink tutu with fairy wings, it is hard to believe that Dwayne Johnson’s box-office star would have ever recovered from this family film embarrassment that sees him cast as a fairy

Director: Michael Lembeck

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Julie Andrews, …

Category: Fantasy

27 January 201023 December 2024 by Roog