Word: men
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there was the fellow who found and, he thought, killed an alien being in the Cascade Mountains. He stuffed the creature in a freezer in his garage and later heard it screaming to get out. A week afterward he saw three vans in front of his house and unknown men going in. He drove away. When he came back, they were all gone. The men. The vans. The alien. And the freezer...
...There's a sense of ease working with her because she doesn't take herself too seriously," says Mel Gibson, who co-starred with Russo in two Lethal Weapon sequels as well as the kidnapping drama Ransom. Although Russo jokes about her recurring roles as sidekick to mature macho men, she's easygoing enough to divulge her real birthday. Ask most actresses their age, and you'll get a how-dare-you stare or an outright lie. Russo, a devout Christian, once sought divine guidance about fudging her age for show biz's sake and ultimately decided to take...
...inspiration of comic-book artiste Bob Burden to answer these ornate rhetorical questions. He created, in his Mystery Men stories, "a bizarre hodge-podge crew of second string, blue collar, milltown heroes." Now Burden's words are made flesh in a movie version that, for all its fights and stuff blowing up, dares to deflect action-adventure expectations to pursue off-kilter character comedy...
...Stiller) works himself into a fine rage. The Blue Rajah (Hank Azaria) flings silverware. And the Shoveler (William H. Macy)--as he says, "I shovel well. I shovel very well." While glitzy Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) routinely saves Champion City with his bravado and big ego, the Mystery Men must scrounge to find the perils they believe they were born to overcome...
Neil Cuthbert's clever screenplay is a parable of class. The three main Mystery Men may not be much, but when they audition other heroes in preparation for battle against evil genius Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush), they discover there are nicely delineated levels of mediocrity. The Waffler, with his magic Truth Syrup, White Flight and the Black Menace ("We work together")--all are unworthy of joining even this pickup team. But there is talent out there. The Bowler (Janeane Garofalo) has a magic ball with her father's head inside; Dad nags her from beyond the grave. Spleen (Paul Reubens...