Brian Inerfeld Movies

The Fraggle Rock franchise heads into feature-film territory with this family musical that takes Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober, and Red out of their caves and into the real world as they embark on what they think is an extraterrestrial adventure. Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked) writes and directs the Weinstein Co./Jim Henson Co. production, with Ahmet Zappa handling executive producing duties. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Every junior-high geek's worst nightmare becomes a reality in this comedy. John Farley (Seann William Scott) grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem, and during his early teenage years his nemesis was Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton), his junior-high gym teacher, who took a sadistic glee in tormenting John and others like them. Years later, John has slimmed down, come to terms with his self-image, and become a best-selling author, publishing a self-help book on overcoming the specters of the past. John comes home to visit his widowed mother, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), and discovers she has a surprise for him -- she's getting married again, and her new fiancée is none other than Mr. Woodcock. Horrified, John is determined to keep Beverly from walking down the aisle with Woodcock, and along the way finds himself struggling to settle some old scores. Mr. Woodcock also stars Amy Poehler as John's publicist and Ethan Suplee as John's old friend Needleman. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi