Beyond Blunderdome When Homer attends a test screening of Mel Gibson's remake of Mr Smith Goes to Washington he gives it a terrible slating and Gibson hires him as a consultant on the rewrites - only to anger the studio by turning it into a violent action movie. Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie With the new Itchy and Scratchy movie due to hit the cinemas every kid in Springfield is eager for a ticket, but after putting Maggie's life in danger Homer decides to bar Bart from ever going to see it. 22 Short Films About Springfield As Bart and Millhouse ponder on a boring day whether anything exciting ever happens in Springfield we are taken on a whirl through the town showing just what its inhabitants are getting up to.