Ma MA (2019) Starring Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Corey Fogelmanis, McKaley Miller, Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans, Missi Pyle, Marjay Ross, Gianni Paolo, Dante Brown, Tanyell Waivers, Dominic Burgess, Heather Marie Pate, Margaret Fegan, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Skyler Joy, Andrew Matthew Welch, Nicole Carpenter, Tate Taylor and Allison Janney. Screenplay by Scotty Landes and Tate Taylor. Directed by Tate Taylor. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 99 minutes. Rated R. I’m not s

Traffik TRAFFIK (2018) Starring Paula Patton, Omar Epps, Laz Alonso, Roselyn Sanchez, Missi Pyle, Luke Goss, Dawn Olivieri, William Fichtner, Claude Duhamel, Lorin McCraley, Scott Anthony Leet, Claude Duhamel, Lorin McCraley, Stacey Arwen Raab, Lisa Hitchcock Kallstrom, September D’Angelo, William W. Barbour, Adrian Bustamante and Lindsay Vanina. Screenplay by Deon Taylor. Directed by Deon Taylor. Distributed by Lions Gate. 96 minutes. Rated R. In the old days, they used to m

GONE GIRL (2014) Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Casey Wilson, Missi Pyle, Sela Ward, David Clennon, Lisa Banes, Lola Kirke, Scoot McNairy, Casey Wilson, Emily Ratajkowski, Boyd Holbrook, Lee Norris, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Jamie McShane, Lynn Adrianna, Cyd Strittmatter and Leonard Kelly-Young. Screenplay by Gillian Flynn. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.  145 minutes.  R

A Haunted House 2 A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 (2014) Starring Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, Ashley Rickards, Affion Crockett, Steele Stebbins, Rick Overton, Missi Pyle, Hayes MacArthur, Dave Sheridan, Cedric the Entertainer, Kurt Carley, Tom Virtue, Kym Whitley and Gregg Wayans. Screenplay by Marlon Wayans and Rick Alvarez. Directed by Michael Tiddes. Distributed by Universal  Pictures.  87 minutes.  Rated R. The state of the parody film is in distress

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005) Starring Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy, Christopher Lee, Adam Godley, Franziska Troegner, Annasophia Robb, Julia Winter, Jordan Fry, Philip Wiegratz, Blair Dunlop, Liz Smith, Eileen Essell, David Morris, Nitin Ganata and Shelley Conn. Screenplay by John August. Directed by Tim Burton. Distributed by Warner Brothers Picture

Big Fish BIG FISH  (2004) Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory, David Denman, Missi Pyle, Loudon Wainwright III, Ada Tai, Arlene Tai, Steve Buscemi and Danny DeVito. Screenplay by John August. Directed by Tim Burton. Distributed by Columbia Pictures.  125 minutes.  Rated PG-13. I had a rather complicated reaction to Tim Burton’s latest film Big Fish. The wor

Bringing Down the House BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (2003) Starring Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown, Angus T. Jones, Missi Pyle, Michael Rosenbaum, Betty White, Steve White, Michael Ensign, Anne Fletcher, Jim Haynie, Seth Howard and Victor Webster. Screenplay by Jason Filardi. Directed by Adam Shankman. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures.  105 minutes.  Rated PG-13. There have been odder pairings in movie history than Steve