Thomas Leopold Movies
Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) is a Detroit automobile engineer unjustly fired by his boss. Jack's wife Caroline (Teri Garr) is compelled to get a job to make ends meet, and is soon hired on as an advertising executive in a firm run by the shifty Ron Richardson (Martin Mull). This leaves Jack at home doing the housework and taking care of the kids, which he discovers is a lot more complicated than he ever imagined. Moving from breadwinner to househusband doesn't do much for his self-esteem, and he bides his time playing poker for coupons with a gaggle of neighborhood housewifes and pondering infidelity with dedicated homewrecker Joan (Ann Jillian). Among Keaton's fish-out-of-water bits: trying to maneuver a shopping cart with the inevitable wobbly wheels; and imagining a soap opera/film-noir episode in which he gives in to Joan's advances, only to be found out by Caroline. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, (more)
- 1978
Enchanted by a pair of medical students, Laverne and Shirley agree to rendezvous with the new men in their life in a faraway city. Upon arrival, however, the girls are jilted--and stranded in a lonely bus depot. Featured in the supporting cast are future This is Spinal Tap collaborators Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest, as well as Jaws scriptwriter Carl Gottleib. Song: "Milwaukee Moon", written by series regular Michael McKean (Lenny). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
- PG
Leon Prochnik adapted the evocative Robert Moresco play Child's Play for the screen, with Sidney Lumet assuming directorial duties. Beau Bridges stars as a young teacher at an exclusive Catholic boy's boarding school named Paul Reis. An outbreak of violence and brutality among the students has Reis perplexed. He suspects that one of the older professors is responsible for inciting the mayhem. The two most likely suspects, played by James Mason and Robert Preston, are long-standing rivals who blame each other for the student turmoil. One of the old enemies goes so far as to discredit the other -- but his motives are at great odds with the religious doctrine taught within the school's walls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Mason, Robert Preston, (more)
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