The Omega Man (1971)

The Omega Man (1971)
Rating: ★★
Jun 29, 2012Last Man on Earth vs Mutants/I Am Legend Adaptation
The second film version of I Am Legend, this rewrites the book's vampires as mutants and abandons its mood of paranoia for a fantasy of hippie utopia and Charlton Heston in square-jawed action hero mode

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Rating:
Mar 4, 2003Rock Star Superheroes
A Hanna-Barbera film based around 70s rock group Kiss where they are cast as superheroes fighting a mad scientist who operates from an amusement park with an army of android duplicates

The Dead Zone (1983)

The Dead Zone (1983)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 7, 2000Clairvoyance/Stephen King Adaptation
David Cronenberg adapts a Stephen King novel with Christopher Walken waking from a coma with clairvoyant abilities. An okay film if one that lacks the personal intensity and rich themes of Cronenberg's original works

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 16, 1999Intergalactic Adventures
Third of the Star Trek: The Next Generation films has Jonathan Frakes back in the director's seat where he again plays to his strengths with great visual effects scenes but the story feels like a filler episode

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Rating: ★★★
May 23, 2003Virtual Reality
The first of the sequels to The Matrix inevitably disappointed on the massive build-up. The Wachowskis leave more questions than answers, while the new action scenes are often jaw-dropping they also feel boiler-plated on

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 11, 2003Virtual Reality
Third of The Matrix sequels and the weakest of the series. This offers one showstopping effects sequence, on the other hand it also leaves a host of unanswered questions dangling