The body-swap storyline has been a tried and true storytelling device throughout film history, most often being utilized as a way to allow actors to portray characters completely different from what ...

The underwhelming Netflix comedy Family Switch (“A dad joke of a movie,” according to critic Nell Minow) reminds us of two things. First, the appeal of body-swap movies for filmmakers remains undimmed ...

This week brings a sequel 22 years in the making, “Freakier Friday.” The 2003 “Freaky Friday” was itself a remake of a 1976 Disney comedy, and in between, there was a 1995 TV movie version. Along the ...

Next up in Talk of the Nation's Summer Movie Series is the identity switch. From Freaky Friday to Heaven Can Wait, Hollywood has been body... Summer Movies: The Great Body Switch Next up in Talk of ...

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Last year, actor and San Antonio native Brian Villalobos was seen in the film The Accidental Texan, which stars Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church (Sideways). He also shared a scene with Oscar nominee ...

Only at the Sundance Film Festival could you see a body swap film not about a body swap, but rather, a person swapping lives with a chair. Writer-director Amanda Kramer delivers this level of genre ...

Body Swap A familiar comedy formula features characters either inhabiting older or younger bodies or switching genders. 'Big' (1988) Thirteen-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) receives a 35-year-old ...