MONKEYBONE: Comedy. Starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda. Directed by Henry Selick. (R. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Monkeybone" is an impressive visual achievement. It takes place inside ...

In texture, Henry Selick’s “Monkeybone” can boast a host of funhouse nightmare images, beyond the fantasy realm of the intergalactic cantina in “Star Wars.” In text, it wavers between affecting ...

The extravagantly smutty black comedy Monkeybone opens nationwide today, but the studio (20 th Century Fox) didn’t let most critics anywhere near the picture until Wednesday night—which sends the ...

Firing original director Henry Selick was a "profoundly stupid move," the actress writes on Instagram. If you haven’t thought of “Monkeybone” in a while, allow Rose McGowan to refresh your memory — ...

Two new films open this weekend that I've actually been looking forward to: 3000 Miles to Graceland, and Monkeybone.¿ I was really anxious to read the reviews of KJB and Glen when they came in last ...

Brendan Fraser is at his best when he plays an idiot (see “Encino Man,” “George of the Jungle”). In his latest film, “Monkeybone,” he screams and bellows, hops on counters and stamps his feet, yet ...

Henry Selick has no qualms about taking his 9-year-old son to "Monkeybone," although the partly animated feature vividly portrays death and dying and makes allusions to lust. "Sure it's gory, but it's ...

Cartoonist Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) conceives big-selling property (called "Monkeybone"). He gets into an accident, which leaves him in a coma. While loved-ones in "the real world" struggle with ...

Barely earning back 10 percent of its production budget upon its 2001 theatrical release, and taking a critical beating of the highest order in the process, Monkeybone is finally catching up with ...

No leading man has less vanity than Brendan Fraser. He played dumb in “Encino Man,” “Airheads” and “George of the Jungle.” He played virginal in “Blast From The Past.” And he played dorky in ...