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
Jeffrey Jones
Howard the Duck (1986)
Jun 19, 2000Talking Alien Duck/Comic Book Adaptation
This adaptation of the cult Marvel comic-book from Lucasfilm should have been a classic but went tail-feathers up in a big way such that it became the term used for a film that bombs for years afterwards
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
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Jun 28, 2002Tom Clancy Techno-Thriller/Advanced Submarine
The first and best Tom Clancy adaptation about a hi-tech Soviet submarine whose captain goes rogue. Director John McTiernan conducts the undersea maneuverings with gripping psychological tension
Stay Tuned (1992)
Aug 17, 2002Hell as a TV Show Comedy
Unfunny comedy in which husband and wife John Ritter and Pam Dawber are trapped in Hell, which consists of various parodies of popular tv shows
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Aug 24, 2010Adventures on a Planet of Stupid People Comedy
Films about stupid people are rarely funny - this concerns a whole planet of stupid people. Despite reasonable production values, there is little that raises even a mild smile in this comedic take on Flash Gordon
Ed Wood (1994)
Nov 24, 2002World's Worst Director Biopic
In one of his finest films, Tim Burton makes a ennobling tribute to the so-called world's worst director Edward D. Wood Jr who, in Johnny Depp's performance, becomes Burton's ultimate outsider hero
The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
Aug 23, 2009The Devil is a Lawyer
Despite a premise that sounds more like the punchline of a lawyer joke – The Devil (Al Pacino) is a high-price lawyer in New York – this is lushly produced, played seriously and with surprising theological depths
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
Ravenous (1999)
Mar 27, 1999Cannibalism
Film about the soldiers at a fort on the American frontier who have descended to cannibalism. A good set-up falls apart due to a comedy treatment
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Jan 4, 2000Headless Horseman Killings
Tim Burton adapts the classic Washington Irving ghost story, although throws most of it out, to make his own beautifully designed period piece spearheaded by another eccentric Johnny Depp performance
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Jun 19, 2001Doctor That Can Speak to Animals
A sequel to the Eddie Murphy Dr Dolittle remake. This is still an insult to the original stories but under director Steve Carr at least proves a more amiable comedy than the first film did