Alan Oppenheimer Archives

The Neverending Story (1984)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 9, 2002Fantasy Adventure Inside an Interactive Book

A popular fantasy film of the 80s that sits just between the imaginative, particularly when it comes to some its creature effects and design work, and the mawkish. It also comes with an intriguing level of meta-fiction that delivers some odd messages

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Actors: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Sydney Bromley, Moses Gunn, …

Category: Fantasy

9 January 200230 June 2021 by Roog

9 (2009)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 2, 2009Animation/Post-Holocaust Dolls vs Evil Machines

Extraordinary animated film from Shane Acker concerning the lives of a series of stitchpunk dolls as they try to make sense of the world in the aftermath of civilisation

Director: Shane Acker

Actors: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 November 200910 December 2023 by Roog

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 3, 2010Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation

An animated film that seems premised on not much more than bringing various obscure DC Comics characters out of mothballs for one giant-sized punch up

Director: Sam Liu

Actors: Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Clancy Brown, Allison Mack, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 July 201022 July 2021 by Roog

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017)

Rating: ★★½

Oct 23, 2025Documentary About the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Phenomenon

A documentary about the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe phenomenon. This covers everything from the origins of the toys through the animated series to the live-action film

Director: Randall Lobb, Robert McCallum

Actors: Martin Arriola, John Atkin, Mike Barbato, Arnaud Brun, …

Category: Science Fiction

23 October 20251 July 2026 by Roog