Five Favorite Films with Bobcat Goldthwait

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Comedian, actor, and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait became a fixture on the stand-up comedy circuit in the '80s and '90s, developing an idiosyncratic persona that he parlayed into a string of movie roles and TV gigs. But rather than ride that schtick into the nostalgia sunset, Goldthwait turned his talents to filmmaking. This week, Goldthwait returns with God Bless America, a delightful valentine to popular culture in which a disgruntled office drone (Joel Murray) and his teenage sidekick (Tara Lynne Barr) go on a cross-country killing spree designed to right the wrongs of contemporary bad manners, reality TV and other social ills. We sat down for a chat with Goldthwait recently; read through for more of his thoughts on the film and his career, but first, here are his Five Favorite Films.

Summer Movie Preview 2012

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Having a tough time trying to figure out which of the big Summer movies are worth seeing this year? Have no fear! We here at Rotten Tomatoes know the value of a helpful guide in choosing where to spend your hard-earned money, and to that end, we present our annual Summer Movie Preview! What you see below is a quick look at the five most anticipated films of May, June, July, and August, and if you want a more comprehensive guide, check out our full Summer Movie Preview on the web! With that in mind, stay cool, have a great summer, and K.I.T.

Top Movie Vacation Spots

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Watch a movie and for just a little while it'll transport you from life. But have you ever let the movies transport you in life? Every country and continent and virtually every way of life has been captured on film at some point -- so if you've caught the travelling bug from the silver screen, don't worry, you're not alone.

Five Favorite Films with Kathleen Turner

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Kathleen Turner began her career in the theater, before a sizzling film debut in Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 thriller Body Heat established her as one of the screen sirens of that decade. Hits ensued: Romancing the Stone, The Man with Two Brains, Prizzi's Honor, Peggy Sue Got Married and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? numbered among her critical and commercial successes, while Turner would gravitate toward the black comedy of The War of the Roses and, later, a delectably unhinged turn as John Waters' Serial Mom. We spent some time recently with Turner to talk about her favorite movies -- a subject that proved to be both challenging and an entertaining glance back at her career.

Five Favorite Films with John Cusack

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If there's one actor who was made for the five favorite films quiz, it's John Cusack, the man who spent the better part of High Fidelity dispensing his own top five lists on matters of girls, relationships, and of course, records. Since Cusack is in town to promote The Raven -- a pulpy murder thriller in which he plays the Godfather of American Goth, Edgar Allan Poe -- he decided to run through his five favorite horror films. "We could do the horror genre," he says, "you know, the scariest movies. I've made a couple, but I don't know how good they are --'cause I'm in 'em." Read on for more of our chat with Cusack, in which he talks about his attraction to playing Poe and the many sides of the writer, but first, here are his Five Favorite (Horror) Films.