The New Kids (1985)
Dec 2, 2004Teenage Revenge and Brutality
Sean S. Cunningham, director of Friday the 13th, transplants a 70s revenge exploitation film into a high school setting. Featuring a dynamic performance from a young James Spader
James Spader
Mannequin (1987)
May 23, 2003Romance with a Mannequin Come to Life
It is hard to believe this ever received a greenlight, a film in which Andrew McCarthy falls for a storefront mannequin (Kim Cattrall) who comes to life. The comedy has an excruciating inanity
Jack’s Back (1988)
Apr 4, 2018Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Copycat
This comes with a fantastic pitch – it was released on the centenary of the Jack the Ripper killings and features a Ripper copycat operating in the present. Alas, this becomes a massive wasted opportunity
Bad Influence (1990)
May 26, 2000Deadly Friend Psycho-Thriller
Fine Curtis Hanson psycho-thriller in which dull yuppie James Spader befriends charismatic psychopath Rob Lowe and is drawn into a series of taunting psychological games
Wolf (1994)
Feb 15, 2002Werewolf Film
Reasonable box-office hit that offers a stripped-back werewolf film with minimalist effects as milquetoast Jack Nicholson suddenly discovers the beast within
Stargate (1994)
Apr 26, 2001Intergalactic Portal/Planetary Adventure
The first of Roland Emmerich's special effects epics. Emmerich rehashes Erich von Daniken's Ancient Astronauts theories but casts it as a planetary adventure on an epic canvas with surprisingly entertaining results
Crash (1996)
Oct 18, 2004Sexual Fetishism with Car Crashes
David Cronenberg tackles J.G. Ballard's controversial novel, creating a fascinatingly perverse work that ventures into a world where people become sexually aroused by car crashes
The Watcher (2000)
Sep 10, 2000Serial Killer Thriller
Serial killer thriller that is built around the stunt casting of Keanu Reeves as the killer
Supernova (2000)
Jan 15, 2000Spaceship Rescues Mutated Killer
The celebrated Walter Hill directs an Alien-inspired film about a mutated killer loose on a spaceship. This was a problem-ridden production that pans out far less interestingly than it promises to be
Alien Hunter (2003)
Feb 18, 2013Alien Unearthed in the Antarctic
Film about a mysterious alien artifact unearthed in the Antarctic that falls apart due to a script that is constantly jumping all over the place and spending more time homaging other science-fiction films
Shorts (2009)
Oct 20, 2009Magic Wishing Stone
Another of Robert Rodriguez's children's films about the wacky chaos caused by the discovery of a magic wishing stone. Nothing earth-shattering but Rodriguez has a lot of fun with the visual absurdities
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
May 2, 2015Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up
The first Avengers film came with a massive anticipation in seeing the characters come together and the snappiness of their interplay; here this seems more flat, while the rest is overrun by wall-to-wall action