Gilbert Gottfried Archives

Aladdin (1992)

Rating: ★★

Jul 3, 1999Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure

A popular hit among the 1990s renaissance of Disney animation, this is a glib work that allows the original story to be overrun with hip-jokes and Robin Williams being Robin Williams

Director: John Musker, Ron Clements

Actors: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, …

Category: Fantasy

3 July 19997 June 2026 by Roog

The Return of Jafar (1994)

Rating: ★

Dec 20, 2004Disney Animation/Aladdin Sequel

A weak video-released spinoff of Disney's Aladdin that began Disney's habit throughout the 90s/00s of generating cheap sequels to their animated classics

Director: Alan Zaslove, Tad Stones, Toby Shelton

Actors: Scott Weinger, Dan Castellaneta, Linda Larkin, Gilbert Gottfried, …

Category: Fantasy

20 December 200413 December 2025 by Roog

Thumbelina (1994)

Rating: ★★

Jul 6, 2000Animated Fairy-Tale

Animated film from Don Bluth, an insipid adaptation of the fairytale that eventually bogs down as a comic picaresque (*)

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman

Actors: Jodi Benson, Gilbert Gottfried, Carol Channing, John Hurt

Category: Fantasy

6 July 200015 April 2025 by Roog

Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

Rating: ★★

Dec 20, 2003Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure

The second of two video-released sequels to Disney's Aladdin that brings back Robin Williams as the genie and goes madcap with the pop culture jokes

Director: Tad Stones

Actors: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, John Rhys-Davies, …

Category: Fantasy

20 December 20037 November 2025 by Roog

Director’s Cut (2016)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 4, 2022Meta-Fiction/Film Gets Invaded by a Psycho Fan

A mind-bogglingly meta film that starts out as a regular crime thriller before it gets invaded and taken over by psycho fan Penn Jillette who abducts the star and is determined to write himself in as the hero

Director: Adam Rifkin

Actors: Penn Jillette, Missi Pyle, Harry Hamlin, Hayes MacArthur, …

Category: Horror

4 January 20224 January 2022 by Roog

Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016)

Rating: ★

Aug 14, 2016Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film

The bad movie hit of Sharknado was a surprise to everyone and spawned sequels. By this point, creativity appears to have dried up – essentially, the Sharknado series has jumped the shark

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante

Actors: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Masiela Lusha, Cody Linley, …

Category: Horror

14 August 20168 July 2026 by Roog

A Disturbance in the Force: How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 15, 2023Documentary About The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special has a legendary awfulness in Star Wars fandom - least of all that George Lucas has done all in his power to quash its existence. This is a documentary about what happened

Director: Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak

Actors: Alisa Abdurahmen, Beverly Abdurahmen, Steve Binder, Paul Bond, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 December 202313 November 2025 by Roog