Earlier this week, the world said goodbye to a prolific director and a true creative force. Chuck Russell, the director of The Blob, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Mask, passed away on Wednesday, July 22nd. Among those saying their farewells was Jim Carrey, whose career as an actor was, in part, launched into […]
One superhero movie from almost 40 years ago shaped Jim Carrey’s blockbuster career, while its sequel proved that the star truly is irreplaceable just over a decade later. As the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe proves, some comic book movies operate on the strength of their source material rather than a commanding central performance from one […]
There are some movies from the ’80s and ’90s that surprise everyone by becoming bigger hits than expected and have managed to withstand the test of time over the decades. They still get consistently watched over and over by longtime fans, while there is seemingly always some talk going on about possibly delivering a sequel. […]
Jim Carrey spent the back half of the 1990s turning himself into the face of American comedy. Within a single stretch of years, Carrey introduced audiences to the twitchy, rubber-faced pet detective Ace Ventura, the dim-witted Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber, the Riddler in Batman Forever, and the unhinged cable installer Chip Douglas in […]