Annie Potts Archives

Crimes of Passion (1984)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 4, 2005Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Team-up between Ken Russell and Anthony Perkins with both in full-on lunacy mode. Kathleen Turner gives her best performance ever as a fashion designer moonlighting as a hooker who is stalked by Perkins as a psycho priest

Director: Ken Russell

Actors: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts

Category: Horror

4 February 200512 January 2026 by Roog

Ghostbusters (1984)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 16, 2000Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

An overrated classic that is nevertheless an undeniable fixture of 1980s pop culture. Overlong, it is largely carried through Bill Murray's lazy sarcasm and the sterling work from the visual effects team

Director: Ivan Reitman

Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, …

Category: Fantasy

16 December 200022 February 2026 by Roog

Ghostbusters II (1989)

Rating: ★★

Feb 1, 2002Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

A weak follow-up to the hit original that essentially killed off any further Ghostbusters sequels. Most of the the cast are back but the plot and proceedings feel like a walk-through for all involved.

Director: Ivan Reitman

Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, …

Category: Fantasy

1 February 200222 February 2026 by Roog

Toy Story (1995)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 16, 2001Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys

The first film from Pixar and a breakthrough in being the first computer-animated film. Even aside from its technical innovations, this is enormously good fun with extremely well-constructed character arcs

Director: John Lasseter

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, John Morris, …

Category: Fantasy

16 December 200131 August 2024 by Roog

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 2, 1999Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys

Pixar's sequel to their first film and arguably an even better work where they get the plaintive emotion, character arcs and witty humour down perfect

Director: Ash Brannon, John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammar, …

Category: Fantasy

2 December 19999 July 2022 by Roog

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 12, 2019Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys

Pixar sequelise their very first film for a third time but the surprise is a film that creates a range of eccentric characters and finds the wit and warmth that has been missing through their last few films

Director: Josh Cooley

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, …

Category: Fantasy

12 October 20196 May 2026 by Roog

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 15, 2022Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Sequel to Ghostbusters that was far better received than the 2016 reboot, giving us a new generation of ghostbusters. This succeeds largely by playing the nostalgia card for all it can

Director: Jason Reitman

Actors: McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, …

Category: Fantasy

15 January 202222 February 2026 by Roog

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Rating: ★★

May 18, 2024Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Follow-up to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, reuniting that film’s mix of new and classic cast. However, this becomes a plotting juggle that is often straining to find somewhere to include everyone

Director: Gil Kenan

Actors: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, …

Category: Fantasy

18 May 202424 February 2026 by Roog