Directed by John Carpenter John Carpenter and Chevy Chase make for an unlikely duo in Memoirs of an Invisible Man. Chase plays Nick Halloway, a narcissist broker living in San Francisco who's not unlike Fletch or any other number of Chase personas, and just like in that 1985 film he finds himself embroiled in a plot … Continue reading Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
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Groundhog Day (1993)
Directed by Harold Ramis Groundhog Day is an existential comedy about a grumpy weatherman who must repeat the same unappealing day over and over again until he can figure out the right way to live. This is a premise-driven movie that never wastes time explaining why he's found himself in this time loop. Instead Phil … Continue reading Groundhog Day (1993)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Directed by Alan Parker It's 1964, and two FBI detectives descend on a small town in Mississippi in search of three boys who have gone missing. We know these boys (two white, one black) have been murdered by the Klu Klux Klan, so the detective's journey has little to do with the search itself but … Continue reading Mississippi Burning (1988)
