I kinda remember Kids in the Hall, mainly for the puerile squishing of heads, but they seemed to have dropped off the map since then. One of the contributors stars in The Wrong Guy a demented farce about a corporate exec who finds his murdered boss' corpse, goes on the run (even though the police know he's not the culprit) and continuously bumps into the actual murderer as he flees for Mexico. There's plenty of great lines and Foley's performance as the moronic Hibbert ties it altogether quite nicely - a good comedy that seems to have been forgotten.12:01 is a reasonable bit of made-for-tv science fiction - rehashing Groundhog Day with a thriller about a particle accelerator, a murdered scientist and a buffoonish office worker turned hero. Despite it's cheapness it's got a competent cast and the script has just enough charm & wit to keep you watching till the end. Given the wholesale theft of the film's structure I guess it should be considered a success as I didn't think of Bill Murray once.
Other than clips of Shatner's famed airplane freakout I don't think I've ever seen a single T.Z. episode so jumping in with the cheesy, big screen Twilight Zone: The Movie was probably a big mistake. Is it supposed to be scary? or funny? I've got no idea but despite the talented directors involved this was 90mins wasted with only John Lithgow's performance as the gremlin seeing air passenger lifting my spirits.
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