Casey Chong with eleven essential eccentric detective movie performances… Eccentric detective roles may find their way to television, covering the likes of Peter Falk’s shabby Lieutenant Columbo in Columbo, to Kyle MacLachlan’s coffee-loving Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks, and Tony Shalhoub’s OCD-stricken Adrian Monk in Monk. But movies have their fair share of offbeat […]
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective – The zany Jim Carrey comedy at 30
Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as it turns 30… The year 1994 brought with it the introduction to one of Hollywood’s most singularly gifted comedic talents – Jim Carrey. And the up-and-coming actor got his big break from a little comedy film called Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. As the comedy […]
When Jim Carrey Was a Revelation
Tom Jolliffe looks back the emergence of Jim Carrey, who ruled comedy from the mid-late 90’s… It was 1993/94. I was at the cinema to see a film with a friend. For the life of me, I cannot remember what film it was. It was something comedic, but by the time we came out of […]
Let’s Kill The 90s Revival Before It Begins
Neil Calloway isn’t happy about the spate of upcoming 90s remakes… It’s a cliché to say Hollywood has run out of ideas, but clichés only become clichés because they contain an element of truth, and with the possibility of remakes of some films from the 1990s nobody really wants to see, it looks like Hollywood […]
Remakes of The Exorcist, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Major League eyed by Morgan Creek Productions
Deadline is reporting that Morgan Creek Productions is looking to sell off the domestic rights to its library of films, although it plans to retain the remake rights to five in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Major League, Young Guns, Flying Tigers and The Exorcist. “I’m selling the library strictly for economic reasons,” said Morgan Creek CEO Jim […]
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective to return, Young Guns and Major League reboots also in development
Ace Ventura is definitely a character of his time, one who launched the 90’s success story that was Jim Carrey, while grossing over $100m worldwide and creating catchphrases that have echoed through to today. Now, off the back of the news that Morgan Creek Productions, the company behind the film and its sequel, When Nature […]
