John Moffitt Movies
John Moffitt directed this silly Canadian comedy about a falsely accused Salem witch (Kelly Preston). Terry Sweeney's script seems to find most of its humor in sex, drugs, and bathroom jokes, none of which are very amusing. Genre devotees will be quite pleased, however, with a cast featuring Barbara Carrera, SCTV member Dave Thomas, Bud Cort, Stuart Pankin, and Anne Ramsey. Dr. Joyce Brothers makes one of her obligatory cameo appearances as well. Preston appeared in another witch film, Janet Greek's Spellbinder, the following year. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, (more)
- 1988
Based on the popular British series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Not Necessarily the News was an iconoclastic HBO cable-TV weekly series which ran from 1983 to 1986. Using stock film clips and incongrous narration, the cast members skewer not only the "names" in the news, but also the whole network news industry. Rabbetted between these bits are devastating and often scatological commercial parodies. The cast includes Anne Bloom, Stuart Pankin, Rich Hall, Lucy Webb, Audrey Neenan, Tom Parks, Mitchell Laurence, Danny Breen and Annabelle Gurwitch. While much of the material is dated, the energy and enthusiasm of all concerned is postively contagious. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2003
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Comedian and social commentator Bill Maher has developed a nationwide reputation for pushing the political and cultural envelope -- so much so that he was fired from his own show, Politically Incorrect, for some of his comments regarding the September 11th terrorist attacks, and almost immediately picked up by HBO to host a similarly formatted program. The Tony award-nominated Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (the one-man show originated on Broadway) features Maher tackling politics, religion, war, the tumultuous Middle East, sexuality, and the ever-growing hypocrisy that binds them all together. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bill Maher
Bill Maher: The Decider features the popular stand-up comic and host of Real Time and Politically Incorrect offering his typically unique views on a variety of political and social topics. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bill Maher
- 2008
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Former SNL funnyman Dana Carvey is back on stage doing what he does best in this hour-long stand-up comedy special that finds the Emmy-award winning comic performing before a live crowd. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dana Carvey
Ricky Gervais, popular British comic and creator of such hit television series' as The Office and Extras, takes the stage for a sold-out performance at the WaMu Theater in Madison Square Gardens. Flirting with political incorrectness as he ponders such pressing social issues as autism, obesity, fund raising, nursery rhymes, and Nazis, Gervais even puts his own manhood in the spotlight by poking fun at his most intimate of areas. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
The easily offended might do best to avoid Jim Jefferies' raunchy, rude humor (or at least imbibe the two-drink minimum beforehand), but the Australian-born comedian provides plenty of laughs for everyone else in this HBO special. In I Swear to God, Jefferies continues his patented brand of comedy that once got him punched by an audience member, discussing the idiocy of no-smoking signs, sluts vs. studs, and his father's Holocaust jokes. ~ Kimber Myers, All Movie Guide
