George Wendt Archives

Dreamscape (1984)

Rating: ★★

Jul 18, 2000Psychic Dream Therapists-Assassins

The original version of Inception almost, featuring psychics entering into people's dreams and then attempts to dream assassinate the US President. Despite much promise, the idea is prosaic in its handling

Director: Joseph Ruben

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max Von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, …

Category: Science Fiction

18 July 200025 January 2026 by Roog

House (1986)

Rating: ★★

Sep 2, 2003Haunted House/Horror Comedy

Amiably silly haunted house film with William Katt fighting rubbery pop-up monsters. This doesn't take itself too seriously. A minor hit that produced three sequels.

Director: Steve Miner

Actors: William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Mary Stavin, …

Category: Horror

2 September 20032 November 2025 by Roog

Forever Young (1992)

Rating: ★★

Aug 29, 1999Cryogenic Sleeper Awakes

Popular film with Mel Gibson as a man who is cryogenically frozen in the 1940s and thawed out in the present. The romantic focus of the film is undone by some absurd plotting. An early script from J.J. Abrams

Director: Steve Miner

Actors: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 August 199924 February 2026 by Roog

Space Truckers (1996)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 17, 2001Interstellar Adventures

Stuart Gordon takes a lame concept – a trucker film set in space – and makes something far more enjoyable than one expected with most of the cast getting into the spirit of the exercise

Director: Stuart Gordon

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 April 20015 July 2026 by Roog

Spice World (1997)

Rating: ★★

Sep 12, 2009The Spice Girls' Gonzo Escapades

The Spice Girls conduct their own version of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, a largely plotless film with them clowning around. Including appearances from aliens.

Director: Bob Spiers

Actors: Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Haliwell, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 September 20091 June 2022 by Roog

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 30, 2003Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation

A fairly reasonable tv mini-series adaptation of Lewis Carroll – a version that excels in terms of design and in using The Jim Henson Workshop to bring the Wonderland creatures to life

Director: Nick Willing

Actors: Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Christopher Lloyd, …

Category: Fantasy

30 June 200315 February 2026 by Roog

Santa Baby (2006)

Rating: ★★

Jul 29, 2007Santa's Daughter

TV movie where Jenny McCarthy plays Santa's daughter who takes over the family business

Director: Ron Underwood

Actors: Jenny McCarthy, George Wendt, Kandyse McClure, Ivan Sergei, …

Category: Fantasy

29 July 20076 March 2025 by Roog

Bliss (2019)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 4, 2020Drug Hallucinations

This starts out seeming just another drug trip film where artist Dora Madison takes a new drug in search of inspiration. Then things get really deranged. A film where director and lead actress lets all stops out and go for broke with impressive results.

Director: Joe Begos

Actors: Dora Madison, Jeremy Gardner, Tru Collins, Graham Skipper, …

Category: Horror

4 July 20206 May 2026 by Roog

VFW (2019)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 29, 2024Barroom Under Siege from Crazed Drug Addicts

Joe Begos makes a homage to John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 with a group of war veterans in a bar in an ultra-violent siege against a horde of crazed drug addicts outside

Director: Joe Begos

Actors: Stephen Lang, Fred Williamson, William Sadler, Martin Kove, …

Category: Horror

29 April 202424 August 2026 by Roog