Batteries Not Included (1987)
Sep 26, 2000Cute Baby UFOs
A rather adorable Steven Spielberg produced film about a group of cute baby UFOs that come to the rescue of a tenement house of about-to-be-evicted tenants
Elizabeth Peña
Blue Steel (1990)
Jan 2, 2001Psycho Stalks Rookie Cop
The second film from Kathryn Bigelow in which Jamie Lee Curtis is a rookie cop who is stalked by a creepily psychopathic Ron Silver. A beautifully stylish rendering of an increasingly improbable plot
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Nov 21, 2003Deathdream
Adrian Lyne became one of the most visually exciting directors of the 1980s. Here he makes an afterlife film that swings between moments of greatness and a script that seems very confused about what is happening
It Came from Outer Space II (1995)
Mar 16, 2011Alien Body Snatchers
It Came from Outer Space was one of the classics of the 1950s SF film. Here it was resurrected as a cable-made sequel. Without Jack Arnold or Ray Bradbury on board, the results are dreary
Strangeland (1998)
Apr 19, 2004Psycho Sadist
80s outrage rocker Dee Snider writes and stars in this horror film where he plays a freakish serial killer who is demonised by parents
Impostor (2002)
Jan 18, 2002Identity Bender/Philip K. Dick Adaptation
An adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story in which Gary Sinise plays a man who is dragged away by security accused of being an android replacement that has a bomb implanted inside him
The Incredibles (2004)
Dec 28, 2004Pixar Animation/Superhero Spoof
Big hit for Pixar and director Brad Bird, a witty spoof of the superhero film that shows a superhero family trying to deal with everyday life. Enormously good-natured fun all around
In the Dark (2013)
Jul 14, 2021Blind Woman and Her Stalker
A bland tv movie thriller in which a blinded woman Elisabeth Röhm finds that her homecare aid is an obsessive stalker who has fixated on her