I've Totally Seen That Movie Before

Dumb and Dumber (1994) Directors: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly (uncredited) Writers:  Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Bennett Yellin Cast:  Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr, Karen Duffy, Charles Rocket, Victoria Rowell, Hank Brandt, Teri Garr Synopsis: Lloyd Christmas (Carrey), a limo driver who's dumber than a sack full of bricks, takes his equally clueless roommate Harry Dunn (Daniels) on a cross-country trip from Providence to Aspen to return a briefcase left at the airport by his passenger Mary Swanson (Holly). Unbeknownst to the two idiots, the briefcase was left behind on purpose because it contained a sizable ransom payment for Mary's husband, who is currently kidnapped. Along their journey, Lloyd and Harry encounter all manner of obstacles, including angry truck drivers, hostile police officers, spicy peppers, diarrhea and, of course, the pair of hitmen sent to retrieve the briefcase. Hilarity ensues. First Impressions: I saw this in theaters when I...

Field of Dreams (1989) Director: Phil Alden Robinson Writers:  W.P. Kinsella (novel), Phil Alden Robinson (screenplay) Cast:  Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffman, Timothy Busfield, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, Dwier Brown Synopsis: Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Costner) has the seemingly perfect life with his wife, Annie (Madigan) and his young daughter, Karin (Hoffman). However, one afternoon he hears a voice from inside his cornfield telling him to build a baseball diamond overtop of his crops. Despite the misgivings of Annie and other townsfolk, Ray goes ahead and makes the diamond, believing that it will somehow appease the ghost of disgraced former White Sox outfielder, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (Liotta), his deceased father's favorite player. Once the field is built, the spirit of the long-dead ballplayer appears one evening and soon invites his former teammates to play on the field with him. However, Ray believes the voice needs him to ...

The Batman (2022) Director:  Matt Reeves Writers:  Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, Bil Finger (characters), Bob Kane (characters) Cast:  Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, Jayme Lawson, Gil Perez-Abraham, Peter McDonald, Con O'Neill, Alex Ferns, Rupert Penry-Jones Synopsis: This reboot of the Batman franchise is set just two years into Bruce Wayne's (Pattinson) tenure as the Dark Knight. While most still fear him as a dangerous vigilante, Lt. Jim Gordon (Wright) has learned to trust the mysterious hero and calls him in to help investigate the murder of Gotham's mayor, Don Mitchel (Penry-Jones). The murderer, a serial killer calling himself the Riddler (Dano), left a clue for The Batman at the crime scene, and the Caped Crusader must decipher the madman's riddles before he can claim his next villain. The situation becomes more complicated when Batman encounters Selina Kyle (Kravit...

The Transformers: The Movie (1986) Director: Nelson Shin Writers:  Ron Friedman, Henry Orenstein Cast:  Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Norman Alden, Peter Cullen, Scatman Crothers, Susan Blu, Gregg Berger, Corey Burton, Eric Idle, Casey Kasem, Christopher Collins, David Mendenhall, Judd Nelson, John Moschitta Jr., Lionel Stander, Frank Welker Synopsis: The Autobots and the Decepticons are two factions of giant alien robots warring over control of their home planet of Cybertron. The benevolent Autobots have set up a base on earth, which is trageted for a sneak attack by the Decepticon's leader, the evil Megatron (Welker). In the ensuing battle, the Decepticons are beaten into retreat but both Megatron and the Autobot's leader, Optimus Prime (Cullen) are mortally wounded. Sensing his demise, Prime passes on the Autobot Matrix of Leadership to his second in command to Ultra Magnus (Stack). However, the powerful entity Unicron (Welles) also seeks the Matrix and recruit...