I've Totally Seen That Movie Before

Red Dragon (2002) Director:  Brett Ratner Writer:  Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay) Cast:  Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Heald, Ken Leung, Frankie Faison, Tyler Patrick Jones Synopsis: A remake of the 1986 film Manhunter .  Will Graham (Norton) is a retired FBI profiler living in Florida with his wife Molly (Parker) and son Kevin (Jones). He was once one of the Bureau's top profilers but he was forced to retire after being wounded and traumatized following his capture of the notorious Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins). Graham is visited by his former boss and friend Jack Crawford (Keitel) who asks him to get back into the game by helping him catch a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy (Fiennes), who kills on the full moon. Will reluctantly agrees but the Tooth Fairy proves to be elusive and Graham comes up empty at every turn. Desperate and with time running...

Manhunter (1986) Director:  Michael Mann Writers:  Thomas Harris (novel), Michael Mann (screenplay) Cast:  William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan, David Seaman, Benjamin Hendrickson, Michael Talbott, Dan Butler Synopsis: Will Graham (Petersen) is a retired FBI profiler living in Florida with his wife Molly (Greist) and son Kevin (Seaman). He was once one of the Bureau's top profilers but he was forced to retire after being wounded and traumatized following his capture of the notorious Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Cox). Graham is visited by his former boss and friend Jack Crawford (Farina) who asks him to get back into the game by helping him catch a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy (Noonan), who kills on the full moon. Will reluctantly agrees but the Tooth Fairy proves to be elusive and Graham comes up empty at every turn. desperate with time running short until the next full moon, Will decides to ask Lecktor for advice...

Liar Liar (1997) Director:  Tom Shadyac Writers: Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur Cast:  Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Amanda Donohoe, Jennifer Tilly, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes, Anne Haney, Jason Bernard, Swoosie Kurtz, Mitchell Ryan, Christopher Mayer, Eric Pierpoint, Randal 'Tex' Cobb, Cheri Oteri Synopsis: Fletcher Reede (Carrey) is a fast talking and successful lawyer who has built his career on lying. He also has a habit of putting his career first over everything, including his his young son Max (Cooper). After breaking another promise and missing his birthday party, Max makes a wish that for one whole day, his father can't tell a lie. Shockingly, the wish comes true and Fletcher has to navigate life without being able to tell any sort of lie, white or otherwise. Mayhem ensues. First Impressions: I originally saw this one in theaters when I was in my early 20s. I generally liked most of Carrey's movies back then (it was before he started trying so hard to win an Oscar), howe...