Gettin’ Da Munchies Release Date: 12 July 2005 (USA) Genre: Comedy Director(s): Brian Shackelford Writer(s): Brian Shackelford Starring: Jai Norman, Darryl Crayon, Monroe Brooks An unemployed fellow holds a video game tournament at his house where much weed smoking and talk about sexual positions goes on. Naturally they get hungry, sending the participants on a [...]

Get Down On It Release Date: 23 October 2001 (USA) Genre: Comedy Director(s): Simuel Rankins Writer(s): Simuel Rankins Staring: Mac Bootsie, Genieve Perrin, Bruce Petty If I’ve learned anything in the past four or five years of being big on direct-to-video cinema, it’s that the barrel does NOT have a bottom. No matter how many [...]

Get a Clue Release Date: 2002 Genre: Comedy | Crime | Family Director(s): Maggie Greenwald (Songcatcher) Writer(s): Alana Sanko Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Bug Hall, Ian Gomez Get a Clue is a Disney Channel movie starring a pre-fame, post-Parent Trap Lindsay Lohan. It was made for ten year old girls to enjoy, and features a lot [...]

Gas Release Date: 2004 Genre: Comedy Director(s): Henry Chan Writer(s): Michael Haran & Mark Swinton Staring: Flex Alexander, Mike Batayeh, Tyson Beckford Gas most likely started off as something designed to go theatrical, but those hopes were probably abandoned once no one with actual name value would attach themselves to the project. There’s a reason [...]

Funky Monkey Release Date: 2004 Genre: Comedy | Family Director(s): Harry Basil (The 4th Tenor, Back By Midnight) Writer(s): Lance Kinsey & Gene Quintano (The Musketeer) Starring: Matthew Modine, Gilbert Gottfried, Roma Downey Ever since Dunston Checks In ten years ago, Hollywood hasn’t been all that inviting to the family friendly monkey genre. There have [...]

Foolproof Release Date: 3 October 2003 (Canada) Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime Directors: William Phillips Writers: William Phillips Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky After a memorable performance as Van Vilder in the movie by the name same, I was pretty sure that the witty Ryan Reynolds was on his way to supporting [...]

Fake Preacher Release Date: 2005 Genre: Comedy Director(s): Juney Smith (Kickin’ It High, Lost Money) Writer(s): Juney Smith (Clockin’ Green, Kickin’ It High) Starring: Stan Adams, John Flecha, Perri Gaffney What’s with York Entertainment and hating God lately? Or at least it seems that way, as Fake Preacher marks their third film in a six-month [...]

Extreme Dating Release Date: 2005 Genre: Action | Romance | Comedy Director(s): Lorena David Writer(s): Jeff Schectman Starring: Devon Sawa, Amanda Detmer, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Andrew Keegan, Ian Virgo, Meat Loaf Extreme Dating is, if I’ve got my facts straight, the last movie in the Franchise Pictures library to get released. Over the years Andrew Stevens’ [...]

Evil Alien Conquerors Release Date: 3 December 2003 (Norway) Genre: Comedy | Sci-Fi Director(s): Chris Matheson Writer(s): Chris Matheson (Bill & Ted movies) Starring: Michael Weston, Diedrich Bader, Tyler Labine, Chris Parnell, Beth Grant, Tori Spelling “Absolutely hilarious” is a video blurb made specially for Evil Alien Conquerors. “Extremely weird” also fits the bill, as [...]

Employee of the Month Release Date: 2004 Genre: Comedy | Drama Director(s): Mitch Rouse Writer(s): Mitch Rouse & Jay Leggett (both of Without a Paddle) Starring: Matt Dillon, Christina Applegate, Steve Zahn, Dave Foley I really wanted to show Employee of the Month some love. Going into it, I knew of two things about it. [...]