Betty Thomas Archives

Dr Dolittle (1998)

Rating: ★

Apr 16, 1999Doctor That Can Speak to Animals

Complete and utter bastardisation of Hugh Lofting's charming Doctor Dolittle stories, which are turned into a modern comedy with Eddie Murphy and talking animals doing lots of pee and poop jokes

Director: Betty Thomas

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Oliver Platt, Kristen Wilson, Kyla Pratt, …

Category: Fantasy

16 April 199918 January 2025 by Roog

I Spy (2002)

Rating: ★

Feb 17, 2003Spy Comedy/TV Series Remake

Painfully unfunny big screen revival of the 1960s spy tv series. This has been reduced to a series of plotless gags that involve Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson doing nothing except bickering with each other

Director: Betty Thomas

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 February 200310 April 2026 by Roog

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Rating: ★

Oct 1, 2010Singing Chipmunks

The first of the sequels to Alvin and the Chipmunks. Marginally less grating than the first film but that's being relative – all the things that one hated the first time are back

Director: Betty Thomas

Actors: Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, Wendie Malick, …

Category: Fantasy

1 October 20109 July 2026 by Roog