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The Boy with Two Heads (1974)
"Chico, Chico the Rainmaker..."
I was just sitting here at my computer when the theme song to this show popped into my head. Why it sprang to mind, I don't know, but it prompted me to look it up here at IMDb and to my surprise, it's listed.
This was a very strange kid's mystery/adventure show, which I enjoyed as a child, although it took me a long time to actually be able to look at the head in the box. It did, literally, give me nightmares. (I was better once my Mom pointed out to me that it was wooden, and not a real head, but I still couldn't figure out how it talked!) It would be interesting to see it again after all these years, to see how it compares with my vague memories of it, but I don't think I would seek it out specifically.
The Wrong Guy (1997)
Canned ham, anyone?
For the first couple of minutes of this movie I thought it was going to be just a little too silly. Actually, it's just silly enough. Dave Foley is hysterical! His character, Nelson Hibbert, is a lot like Mr. Bean--not very bright, and not very nice, but charming in his own way. It's really a lot like a cartoon--situations and character traits are absurdly exaggerated. Great cameos by the Barenaked Ladies as a group of do-wop singing cops and Enrico Colantoni as a paranoid, conspiracy freak ("I could kill you right now with two teabags and a piece of waxed paper!"). A really fun film for anyone with a warped sense of humour!
Chicken Run (2000)
This was supposed to be FUNNY?!?!
I was really surprised that I DIDN'T like this movie. Perhaps I was just in a particularly bad mood when I saw it. I really enjoyed Wallace and Gromit, and I love animated flicks, so I thought I would like this. I found it to be, surprisingly, dreadfully dark and depressing--certainly not something I'd care to show to children. The best bits I had already seen in the commercials. Perhaps a second run of the movie might find me in a better frame of mind to appreciate it, but I don't feel that I want to subject myself to it again.