Space Operaice-pirates-19841984Space opera made in the aftermath of Star Wars, a magpie collage of influences not always the most coherently presented and given a comic emphasis
Evil Witches/Roald Dahl Adaptationwitches-19901990Nicolas Roeg and Jim Henson collaborate on an adaptation of a Roald Dahl book. Roeg leaves the grotesquerie and gleeful malice intact making this one of the best Dahl adaptations
Kinky Perverse Familyaddams-family-19911991The big screen version of the 1960s tv series and Charles Addams' cartoons is a highly enjoyable Hollywood Halloween Party, a chance for name actors to put on costume and ape life with a ghoulish, mildly perverse, moderately subversive spin
Kinky Perverse Familyaddams-family-values-19931993Sequel to the live-action Addams Family film that reunites the same cast who fine-tune their roles, while the black comedy has an even more barbed bite second time around
Deconstructed Cinderellaeverafter-19981998Witty and very charming retelling of Cinderella that strips out all of the fantasy elements and substitutes a pseudo-historical realism. The cast positively shine.
Revisionist Arthurian Legendsmists-of-avalon-20012001TV mini-series based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's book that offers a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends, telling the story through the eyes of the women of the saga
Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytalebarbie-as-rapunzel-20022002The second of the animated Barbie films, this casts her as the title character in the popular Brothers Grimm fairytale, which has been considerably embellished. Likeable but suffers the glassy plasticity of the early Mainframe films
Aging Detective Pursues Serial Killerblood-work-20022002This could be essentially be called Dirty Harry's retirement. Clint Eastwood directs/stars as an aging detective brought back into the game to track down a serial killer from his past.
Adopting a Possibly Alien Childmartian-child-20072007Adapted from a David Gerrold book, this is essentially the Adam Sandler adopts a kid film Big Daddy by way of K-PAX
Disney Animation/Fairy's Adventurestinkerbell-20082008The first in a series of Disney video-released films based around the Peter Pan fairy who is now reconceived as a contemporary Can Do girl
Romantic Comedy/Fountain of Lovewhen-in-rome-20102010Agonisingly awful romantic comedy about a Fountain of Love. The plot is utterly vapid, its resolution never in the slightest doubt, while director Mark Steven (Daredevil, Ghost Rider) Johnson sets the entire film up around a series of painfully unfunny slapstick routines
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