Overall, I feel like my wife, for better or worse, understands why I'm the way I am thanks to Ernest P. Worrell, which I know sounds absurd. With the end of the year right around the corner, maybe ...

The late Jim Varney made a career out of playing a lovable goof called Ernest. An entire generation grew up renting his movies at the video store. I seem to recall wearing out the tape of several ...

It’s easy to overlook them nowadays but the first few “Ernest P. Worrell” movies were actually quite good. Jim Varney successfully translated his TV commercial persona, that of a lovable working class ...

James Albert Varney ... "Ernest P. Worrell" into a cash cow, making commercials for clients ranging from soft drinks to food stores and, eventually, Disney. Even though Ernest's catchphrase ...

I’m not saying Ernest Scared Stupid is one of the best ‘90s movies or anything like that, but the classic Halloween comedy has been one of my favorites since I first watched it as a kid.

Movies are empathy machines, as Roger Ebert once wrote. The best films allow us to experience emotions we may not have felt otherwise through a particular character’s story. But some movies ...

Actor Brad Pitt with director David Fincher on the set of the 1995 movie 'Se7en.' But first, a little background on the director. Born on Aug. 28, 1962, in Denver, Fincher always had an interest ...