Brian McNamara Archives

Earth Star Voyager (1988)

Rating: ★★

Jul 2, 2014Space Expedition

TV mini-series that came out hoping to ride the coattails of Star Trek: The Next Generation but looks dated barely ten years later. Somehow the idea of teenagers on a space mission didn't get many audiences enthused

Director: James Goldstone

Actors: Brian McNamara, Duncan Regehr, Julia Montgomery, Tom Breznahan, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 July 201430 January 2026 by Roog

Arachnophobia (1990)

Rating: ★★

Aug 6, 1999Spider Takeover

Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, a popular revival of the 1970s bugs amok genre about a town overrun by deadly spiders, although this avoids the horror label and plays itself with much humour

Director: Frank Marshall

Actors: Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman, Harley Jane Kozak, …

Category: Horror

6 August 199919 November 2025 by Roog

Without Warning (1994)

Rating: ★★½

Aug 1, 2023Live TV Broadcast/Possible Alien Arrival

Made for the anniversary of the Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast, a tv movie that simulates a a live newscast as alien craft arrive around the world

Director: Robert Iscove

Actors: Jane Kaczmarek, Dwier Brown, James Morrison, Philip Baker Hall, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 August 202318 June 2024 by Roog

I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

Rating: ★

Jan 1, 2009Twin Psycho-Thriller

Widely ridiculed psycho-thriller starring Lindsay Lohan at the height of her tabloid headline phase and giving a zero effort performance as twins. Quite what is going on in the confused screenplay is anybody's guess

Director: Chris Sivertson

Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, …

Category: Horror

1 January 200910 April 2026 by Roog