The Satan Bug (1965)
Apr 19, 2011Germ Warfare Theft Thriller
One of the first films about biowarfare, a tightly effective techno-thriller from John Sturges
Edward Asner
The Last Child (1971)
Jul 23, 2019Dystopian Future Where Couples Are Only Allowed to Have One Child
TV movie set in a dystopian future where law mandates that couples can only have one child, concerning a couple who go on the run after becoming pregnant a second time
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
Nov 19, 2020Mysterious Happenings at a Luxury Resort
From the Golden Age of TV Movies, a name cast line-up arrive at a luxurious resort only to become trapped there and caught up in increasingly mysterious happenings
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)
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
The Animal (2001)
Jun 3, 2001Man with Animal Transplant Parts Comedy
One-gag comedy where Rob Schneider receives transplants of various animal parts and ends up exhibiting animal behaviours - usually at the most inopportune time
Elf (2003)
Nov 25, 2003Ungainly Christmas Elf Comes to New York
Jon Favreau directed Christmas film premised entirely around the premise of 6'3" Will Ferrell as an ungainly Christmas elf. The film works entirely to the extent one has a tolerance for Ferrell's screen presence.
Up (2009)
Sep 12, 2009Pixar Animation/Old Man Goes on an Adventure
One of the finest works from Pixar, the story about an old man and a boy on an adventure in a film that develops some incredibly nuanced and heart-warming emotional depths
Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Jul 22, 2021Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
One of the best of the DC Universe Original Animated Movies under the greatly underrated Lauren Montgomery. This serves to introduce Supergirl and Jack Kirby’s Fourth World
All-Star Superman (2011)
Jul 23, 2012Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Another of the DC animated films, based on a work that reinterpreted Superman. This is somewhat bitsy in condensing a 12-issue series to a 73-minute film but holds some moments of great writing
CarGo (2017)
May 29, 2024The Asylum Mockbuster/Animation/Talking Vehicles
A mockbuster from The Asylum released to take advantage of Pixar’s Cars 3, this is actually a much better film that you expect it to be