The Burning (1981)
Sep 17, 2000Slasher Film
Shabbily made entry in the 1980s slasher genre. Noted in retrospect for several before they were famous names and being the first producing credit of Harvey Weinstein
Jason Alexander
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
Coneheads (1993)
Jan 6, 2003Alien Visitors Comedy
Film spinoff of a Dan Aykroyd skit on Saturday Night Live about a family of aliens ho attempting to maintain ordinary suburban life on Earth The film has a really wacky sense of humour, which is probably why it was a box-office flop
Blankman (1994)
Jul 29, 2001Inept Superhero Comedy
One of the original superheroes with no powers comedies, a not particularly funny variant based on a Saturday Night Live sketch. Written by and starring Damon Wayans.
North (1994)
Dec 26, 1999Fabulist Adventure
Likeable absurdist fable from Rob Reiner with Elijah Wood as a boy searching the world for perfect parents. With Bruce Willis as the Easter Bunny
The Return of Jafar (1994)
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
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
May 5, 2003Ugly Teenager/Disney Animation
A Disney animated film that turns Victor Hugo's classic oft-filmed novel about Quasimodo, a misshapen figure of pity, into a slightly ugly teenager who now comes accompanied by talking gargoyles
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
Jul 2, 2000Characters From a Cartoon Series Enter the Real World
Cinematic revival of the old Rocky and Bullwinkle series having the two animated characters emerge into the real (live-action) world. A film that you feel should have been funnier and more energetic than is
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Jun 15, 2010Animation/Talking Swans
Animated film based on a book by Charlotte's Web author E.B. White about a trumpet-playing swan
Shallow Hal (2001)
Nov 9, 2001Man Suddenly Sees Ugly Girls as Beautiful Comedy
Farrelly Brothers comedy where Jack Black is hypnotised by Tony Robbins and 300 pound Gwyneth Paltrow as beautiful
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
Jan 11, 2009Disney Animation Sequel
A cheaply produced video sequel to the 1996 Disney animated film that actually emerges as superior to the original
A Christmas Carol (2004)
Feb 11, 2006Miser's Redemption Musical
TV movie version of the oft-filmed Charles Dickens tale featuring Kelsey Grammer as a very theatrical Scrooge. This tells the story as a musical but also manages to be surprisingly faithful to the original
Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror (2006)
Jan 11, 2009Ghetto Horror Anthology
Rapper Snoog Dogg fails badly at branding himself as a horror anthology host, while the stories prove nothing to write home about either
Meteor (2009)
Jul 2, 2024Impending Meteor Collision
Disaster TV mini-series where assorted well-known faces fight through the chaos to prevent an impending meteor strike
For the Love of Spock (2016)
Sep 18, 2016Leonard Nimoy Documentary
Documentary about the life of Leonard Nimoy made for the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek. Directed by Nimoy's son Adam, this is mostly a biography tracing Nimoy's life with some fascinating material showing the evolution of Spock
The Truth is in the Stars (2017)
Feb 23, 2018Documentary About the Possible Path to Space
The William Shatner documentary is a fascinatingly bizarre beast. This involves Shatner talking to a bunch of scientists and celebrities, before meeting with Stephen Hawking but peculiarly enough seems to have no central thesis or idea about what it is setting out to prove
The Electric State (2025)
Mar 22, 2025The Robot Revolution
This is a film that has within its hands the capacity to be the defining film about A.I. and robotics. Adapted from the art of Simon Stålenhag and directed by the Russo Brothers behind the last two Avengers films