LIAR LIAR (1997):
83 minutes
In this uproarious hit from the Director and Producers of The Nutty Professor, comic genius
Jim Carrey stars as a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar who, forced by his son's birthday wish, must tell the truth for the next 24 hours. With
Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz and Amanda Donohoe co-starring, this re-worked edition features some highly amusing bonus footage.
TWINS (1988):
102 minutes
Superstars
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Danny DeVito team up for twice the laughs in this hilarious box-office blockbuster from director
Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters). An ambitious genetic experiment takes the wrong turn when two twins - who look nothing alike - are born and then separated. Years later, the unlikely siblings meet: Julius, a highly educated but sheltered giant with a big heart, and Vincent, a pint-sized hustler with an insatiable lust for women and money. With girlfriends in tow and a hitman on their tail, the newfound brothers set off on a wild, cross-country misadventure to find their mother - but end up finding out more about themselves.
ALONG CAME POLLY:
90 minutes
Reuben Feffer has made a good career and a fine life out of playing it safe. As the senior risk assessor for a leading insurance firm, Reuben is an expert on minimising danger. Australia’s Bryan Brown plays Reuben’s most challenging insurance client, a death defying media mogul who is intent on showing Reuben that his uninsurable extreme lifestyle ‘is’ a safe bet for Reuben’s insurance company.
Among the mayhem this new client is causing, Reuben soon finds his best-laid plans for life and love destroyed when his bride dumps him on their honeymoon for a scuba instructor. Heartbroken, Reuben vows to play life safer than ever, but then a chance encounter leads him into a whirlwind romance with Polly Prince, an adventure-craving childhood friend, who plays her life like a game of chance. While Reuben is adamant that sticking to the rules and following a schedule is ‘the’ way to live, Polly lives for the moment and takes Reuben along for a hysterical ride with steamy salsa dancing; extreme sports; near-sighted ferrets and an array of spicy foods. But will their relationship last? Can Polly teach Reuben to lighten up? Can Reuben plan a stable future with this on-the-move bohemian? Will Reuben re-unite with his wife?
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1996):
91 minutes
Eddie Murphy gives the "performances" of his career playing no less than seven roles in this uproarious, Jekyll-and-Hyde comedy from Imagine Entertainment. Murphy stars as Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, "calorically challenged" genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound form in order to win the heart of beautiful
Jada Pinkett. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes "Buddy Love", a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped-down Don Juan. Can Sherman stop his buff alter ego before it's too late, or will Buddy have the last laugh? Boasting incredible special effects, a super soundtrack, and co-starring James Coburn, Larry Miller,
Dave Chappelle, and John Ales, this hilarious hit is worth its weight in fun!
BILLY MADISON (1995):
86 minutes
He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy (
Adam Sandler) has studied lately are babes and booze. For him, life has been a ten-year party since he left high school; drinking bottomless daiquiris, catching rays by the pool, pulling moronic pranks and chasing anything in (or out of!) a skirt.
But when Brian Madison (Darren McGavin) informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president/weasel Eric Gordon (Bradley Whitford), Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school - grades 1 to 12 in 24 weeks! - with hilarious results. And this time, Mr Madison's cheque book won't be the source of Billy's academic "advancement".
Can bona fide blockhead Billy clean up his act to win his father's respect, the family fortune and the love of his beautiful teacher, Veronica (
Bridgette Wilson)? Hey, It's worth a shot!