Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
Sep 11, 2003Famous Monster Bash/Comedy
Painfully unfunny comedy from Mel Brooks writer Rudy De Luca with journalists Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr encountering monsters while on assignment in Transylvania
Geena Davis
The Fly (1986)
Sep 23, 2003Teleporter Accident/Human-Fly Mixup
David Cronenberg remakes the 1958 film, transforming its improbable scenario into a fascinating study of biological transformation with Jeff Goldblum genetically mutating into a fly hybrid. Kafka's Metamorphosis with a lot more slime.
Beetlejuice (1988)
Jul 3, 2000Gonzo Afterlife Comedy
This was where the world took notice of Tim Burton in his second film. This throws the standard ghost story on its head with the dead trying to exorcise the living. The show is dominated by Burton's wild set-pieces and Michael Keaton's OTT title performance
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
Jun 10, 2002Wacky Alien Visitors/Rock'n'Roll Genre Spoof
Wackily funny SF musical with Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey as aliens who land in the San Fernando Valley. Directed by Julien Temple with a giddily effervescent silliness
Stuart Little (1999)
Dec 18, 1999Mouse Boy
Taking its its cue from the mix of animatronics and CGI in Babe, this is a live-action adaptation of the E.B. White book. A sweet and charming film about a family that adopts a little mouse boy that proved an unexpected hit
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Oct 19, 2002Mouse Boy
The sequel to Stuart Little proves as equally likeable as its predecessor
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
Sep 19, 2008Animation/Mouse Boy
The third of the Stuart Little films, this one animated instead of its live-action predecessors
Coma (2012)
Sep 22, 2012Medical Conspiracy Thriller
TV mini-series remake of the Michael Crichton medical thriller that pointlessly changes and over-extrudes a tight and effective original, while director Mikael Salomon adds absurd red herrings and keys away major surprises well in advance
Marjorie Prime (2017)
Nov 10, 2017Holograms of Departed Loved Ones
From the always interesting Michael Almereyda, an adaptation of a Pulitzer-nominated play set in a future where people replace their departed loved ones with holograms