In a review of Valentine's Day, David Stratton says that its oddest moment comes when an elderly couple played by Shirley MacLaine and Hector ElIzondo are reconciled during a screening of Hot Spell, a movie that starred a young Shirley MacLaine.
In a review of The Wolfman, David Stratton says that when the Americanised Lawrence, transformed into a ravenous wolf, wreaks havoc on the streets of the capital, "he is truly an American werewolf in London".