Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin Williams goes undercover as a British nanny in order to see his non-custodial children in Mrs. Doubtfire, a kind of ’90s Hairy Poppins. Where most zany-yet-sentimental flicks of this era fumble […]
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Three “drag queens” (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo) take a road trip to California and end up stranded in Snydersville, a small town in the middle of nowhere. […]
Hook
Some 80 years after Peter Pan’s famous adventures, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up has grown up into a corporate lawyer and neglectful father who has forgotten his youthful adventures. […]
Jumanji
As Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle stampedes the box office, let’s look back on the 1995 original, in which typically obnoxious Robin Williams character Alan Parrish (Robin Williams) discovers the worst board […]
Dead Poets Society
In 1959, students at the elite Welton Academy find their lives shaken up by the arrival of an unorthodox English teacher, Mr. Keating (Robin Williams). He teaches them to think […]
LGBT History Month: The Birdcage
Armand (Robin Williams) runs a drag club in Florida, where he lives with his other half Albert (Nathan Lane). When their son Val (Dan Futterman) announces his engagement the couple […]
One Hour Photo
After my recent diatribe against Robin Williams in my Good Morning, Vietnam review, fans of the zany actor will be pleased to hear I loved his sober performance in One […]
Good Morning, Vietnam
Part Vietnam war film, part radio-based comedy, Good Morning, Vietnam is about radio DJ Adrian Cronauer as he becomes successful broadcasting to troops in the 1960s. Much of the film, […]
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