A Gateway to the Most Un-Monkees side of the Monkees is probably "Tapioca Tundra."

To be fair, McCartney did his share of music hall dreck

And I knew I should've taken off my shoes. 
It's front page news.

The monk … bought … lunch.

"dated, pretentious follies like 'The Unknown Soldier,' which might make you retroactively support the Vietnam War."
Perfect description.

… crushed … by a Dwauf.

I could have posted this elsewhere in the thread when the "revelation" comes about toward the end … but unless I missed some detail, Del (Candy) never "admits" it — it's revealed through Neal's recollection of the trip.

Probably can't hold 16 candles to him.

Good points, both from forget-it-jake and drinking-club —

I agree – to reiterate my post further up the screen.

I touched on this in a previous AVC thread - did MacDowell's involvement make a difference either way in that movie?

I don't know if it affects my opinion of Diaz one way or another, but "Feeling Minnesota" may be my least favorite movie of all time that I had (until now) completely forgotten existed.

And this could be Another AV exploration — comedic actors who did well w/ drama, or vice-versa.

I wonder how long it could actually take for Matthew McConaughey to outlive that character. It'd almost be a good AV Q&A — roles that were nailed so perfectly, the actor cannot top it.
This is different from "that's big-star (X)" on the screen (my earlier post regarding Cruise, for example). When it's an unknown actor…

I admit, I totally forgot about "Moscow on the Hudson." I'm old enough that I saw it in the damn theater.

I've seen "Sunshine" only once, so it's possible I might like it less if I watched it again, knowing "what was going on." I don't think it's fantastic, not flawless, but if nothing else, it's refreshingly "different" than a whole lot of movies.

Chase was pretty good in "Fletch," too. It may have been his best big-screen Chase-ish moment. Fairly ridiculous plot (which seemed to parody ridiculous-journalist-plot movies) and he seemed to fit the bill perfectly.

Cruise definitely works in this Q&A, and "Born on the Fourth of July" was his first movie that made me think anything other than, "Wow, that's Tom Cruise up there on the screen!"

The weird thing is, Robin Williams is able to get the benefit of the doubt when he turns "dark" ("One Hour Photo") or "dramatic" ("Awakenings") because it seems soooo removed from his signature spasticity.

Yes, "Stranger Than Fiction" made me (momentarily) forget about the SNL cheerleaders run-into-the-ground thing, among other travesties.