Courteney Cox Archives

Masters of the Universe (1987)

Rating: ★★

May 12, 2004Intergalactic Sword-and-Sorcery

Live-action film based on the Mattel toy line and popular animated tv series. Given a Cannon Films budget, it emerges as a cheesily absurd Flash Gordon/Conan the Barbarian knockoff

Director: Gary Goddard

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, Billy Barty, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 May 20042 July 2026 by Roog

Cocoon: The Return (1988)

Rating: ★

May 3, 2001Alien Visitors/Rejuvenated Geriatrics

A dreadful sequel to the Ron Howard hit Cocoon about seniors encountering aliens. This misses all the interesting potential of a sequel and drowns in schmaltz and unfunny comedy routines

Director: Daniel Petrie

Actors: Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Wilford Brimley, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 May 20015 January 2026 by Roog

Mr Destiny (1990)

Rating: ★★

Feb 3, 2000Angel Presents an Alternate Life Pathway

A variant on It's a Wonderful Life where James Belushi gets to live the life he never did due to missing a key baseball homerun

Director: James Orr

Actors: Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Rene Russo, …

Category: Fantasy

3 February 20006 March 2025 by Roog

Scream 2 (1997)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 5, 2000Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction

Wes Craven’s Scream was a clever and witty homage to/deconstruction of the slasher film of the 1980s; for the sequel, he and Kevin Williamson naturally turn to deconstructing the slasher sequel

Director: Wes Craven

Actors: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Jamie Kennedy, …

Category: Horror

5 November 200025 March 2026 by Roog

Barnyard (2006)

Rating: ★★

Nov 10, 2006Animation/Talking Animals

An incredibly silly animated film set around the antics of talking barnyard animals. Directed by comedy writer Steve Oedekerk, this is almost entirely centred around gags involving animals doing parodies of human things

Director: Steve Oedekerk

Actors: Kevin James, Sam Elliott, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover, …

Category: Fantasy

10 November 200621 May 2020 by Roog

Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)

Rating: ★★

Dec 14, 2008School for Superheroes

Family-friendly superhero film that places more focus on slapstick than superheroics and contains an embarrassing return to the screen for Chevy Chase

Director: Peter Hewitt

Actors: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Ryan Newman, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 December 200819 June 2025 by Roog

Bedtime Stories (2008)

Rating: ★

Dec 28, 2008Bedtime Stories Come True Comedy

An unfunny Adam Sandler film in which he plays a guy whose bedtime stories come true. Sandler regards himself as the funniest guy in the room and doesn't even seem to be making an effort.

Director: Adam Shankman

Actors: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, …

Category: Fantasy

28 December 200823 November 2022 by Roog

Scre4m (2011)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 16, 2011Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction

Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson return to the Scream franchise to turn out the fourth and best sequel yet. The opening scene alone is the funniest one has seen in a film in some time

Director: Wes Craven

Actors: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, …

Category: Horror

16 April 201125 March 2026 by Roog

Scream (2022)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 5, 2022Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction

Following the recent reboot of the Halloween franchise, many of the original cast and a new directorial team resurrect Wes Craven’s Scream franchise in some undeniably appealing ways

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Actors: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, …

Category: Horror

5 March 202230 July 2026 by Roog

Scream VI (2023)

Rating: ★

May 6, 2023Slasher Sequel

The sixth entry in a series that began as a smart and clever parody/deconstruction of the slasher film. Now this has become just another teen franchise film that has forgotten all the meta margin notes.

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Actors: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, …

Category: Horror

6 May 202330 July 2026 by Roog

Scream 7 (2026)

Rating: ★★

Mar 28, 2026Slasher Sequel

The Scream series drags itself for another sequel but at least performs a course correction by bringing back original screenwriter Kevin Williamson in the director’s chair, along with appearances of many past cast

Director: Kevin Williamson

Actors: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Joel McHale, …

Category: Horror

28 March 202628 March 2026 by Roog