David Alan Grier Archives

Me and Him (1988)

Rating: ★

Feb 9, 2023Man and His Talking Penis Comedy

A comedy in which Griffin Dunne’s penis begins talking to him. Contrary to expectation, most of the film is PG-13 but some of the films attitudes and unfunny routines are fairly mind-boggling

Director: Doris Dörrie

Actors: Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene, Carey Lowell, Craig T. Nelson, …

Category: Fantasy

9 February 202318 January 2026 by Roog

Blankman (1994)

Rating: ★★

Jul 29, 2001Inept Superhero Comedy

One of the original superheroes with no powers comedies, a not particularly funny variant based on a Saturday Night Live sketch. Written by and starring Damon Wayans.

Director: Mike Binder

Actors: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Jon Polito, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 July 20015 December 2025 by Roog

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)

Rating: ★★

Dec 15, 2005Modernised Fairy-Tale

A modernised version of the Goldilocks fairytale, which now comes with the addition of an environmentalist subplot and where the bears are made into an endangered species

Director: Brent Loefke

Actors: Hanna Hall, Dwier Brown, Bill Cobbs, Leon Russom, …

Category: Fantasy

15 December 200526 February 2026 by Roog

Jumanji (1995)

Rating: ★★

Dec 31, 2001Chaos-Unleashing Boardgame

A popular Robin Williams starring hit about a boardgame that unleashes jungle-themed chaos in a small town. A cute effects-driven idea that ultimately becomes an incredibly safe fantasy

Director: Joe Johnston

Actors: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce, …

Category: Fantasy

31 December 200116 May 2026 by Roog

Tales from the Hood (1995)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 23, 2014African-American Horror Anthology

Horror anthology with a specific focus around African-American issues. This conducts a fine revival of the anthology genre and delivers a series of episodes that are all solid and well above-average horror tales

Director: Rusty Cundieff

Actors: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Wings Hauser, …

Category: Horror

23 July 20143 August 2024 by Roog

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 7, 2000Modernised Hansel and Gretel/Juvenile Delinquent Drama

Matthew Bright's even better sequel to Freeway where he conducts an outrageous and quite brilliant modernisation of Hansel and Gretel now recast with two juvenile delinquents on the run

Director: Matthew Bright

Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Maria Celedonio, Vincent Gallo, David Alan Grier, …

Category: Fantasy

7 August 200010 December 2025 by Roog

15 Minutes (2001)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2001Media-Obsessed Psychos

Thriller about two killers who become inspired by tabloid tv and decide to sell tapes of their crimes to tv. This becomes a heavy-handed, tub-beating rant of disgust against modern media

Director: John Herzfeld

Actors: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Karel Roden, …

Category: Horror

9 March 20011 February 2026 by Roog

The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz (2005)

Rating: ★★

Oct 21, 2007Muppet Movie

The weakest of the Muppet movies where they are turned into the characters in a retelling of The Wizard of Oz

Director: Kirk R. Thatcher

Actors: Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, …

Category: Fantasy

21 October 200713 January 2025 by Roog

Bewitched (2005)

Rating: ★★

Sep 3, 2005Witch in Love/TV Series Remake

The hit 1960s sitcom is repackaged as a frothy Nora Ephron romcom that suffers from a fatal mismatching of a showboating Will Ferrell and a more subdued Nicole Kidman who do not seem to connect in any way as Darren and Samantha

Director: Nora Ephron

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, …

Category: Fantasy

3 September 20058 September 2025 by Roog

Astro Boy (2009)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 14, 2009Anime TV Series Remake/Android Boy

This animated theatrical remake of the old Astro Boy cartoon series is nicely made, although the film often feels over-simplistic in its scripting and use of cliches

Director: Dave Bowers

Actors: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 November 200920 November 2025 by Roog

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

Rating: ★

May 7, 2011Animation/Fairytale Parody

A wholly unnecessary sequel to Hoodwinked!, this again runs the fairytale characters over with modern quips and pop culture references

Director: Mike Disa

Actors: Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, …

Category: Fantasy

7 May 20111 November 2025 by Roog

Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 26, 2021Cute Giant Dog

The best-selling children’s book series come to the screen with a big red CGI dog, which proves more enjoyable than the low-expectation film you initially expect going in

Director: Walt Becker

Actors: Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, John Cleese, Tony Hale, …

Category: Fantasy

26 November 20213 January 2026 by Roog

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 4, 2023Illicit Experiments in the Ghetto

A wonderfully paranoid film where drug dealer John Boyega discovers illicit mind control experiments are being conducted on a ghetto neighbourhood and that he is one in a series of clones

Director: Juel Taylor

Actors: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Kiefer Sutherland, …

Category: Science Fiction

4 August 202324 January 2026 by Roog

Candy Cane Lane (2023)

Rating: ★★

Dec 16, 2023Christmas Film

Eddie Murphy – one of the funniest talents of the 1980s – has been largely absent for much of the 2010s. He returns here with a Christmas comedy in which he is the recipient of a curse given to him by an evil Santa elf

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Elliss Ross, Jillian Bell, Madison Thomas, …

Category: Fantasy

16 December 202328 December 2025 by Roog

The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 2, 2025Secret Society Designed to Ease Racial Tensions/Satire

A satiric film based on Spike Lee’s idea of the Magical Negro, an African American who exists to deliver wisdom or magical influence to white people. This gets in some deftly amusing punches at US race relations

Director: Kobi Libii

Actors: Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, …

Category: Fantasy

2 February 202524 November 2025 by Roog