Rose Red (2002)
Mar 18, 2005Haunted House
A Stephen King scripted tv mini-series about the investigation into a haunted house. This is not quite a classic in the vein of its model The Haunting but is a solid and effective entry
Jimmi Simpson
D.E.B.S. (2004)
Jun 19, 2005Lesbian Charlie's Angels Parody
An extremely witty parody of Charlie's Angels (that also tapps the whole Austin Powers spy spoof fad). This amusingly rewrites the tv show in terms of lesbian attraction
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Jul 2, 2005Cute Car/Disney Comedy
This was a revival of Disney's Herbie the Love Bug films. Here it becomes a vehicle for Lindsay Lohan who is cast as a racing driver but is missing all the cute charms the original films had
Stay Alive (2006)
Jan 19, 2008Countess Bathory Inside a Computer Game
This comes with the completely nonsensical premise of Countess Bathory having been reincarnated inside a videogame. Needless to say it is one that the film does nothing to make credible or even indicate it has read anything about the historical Countess Bathory
Zodiac (2007)
May 27, 2007True Life Serial Killer
David Fincher's gripping investigation into the unsolved true-life Zodiac Killer case. Fincher's stagings are exacting and the mystery he builds intensely absorbing
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Nov 2, 2009World Where Nobody Lies
Ricky Gervais co-directs and stars in a comedy set in an alternate world where everybody tells the truth and he discovers he is the one person who can lie and how this proceeds to change the world
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (2012)
Jul 10, 2012Secret History
Seth Grahame-Smith's original book was a witty historical joke that retold the events of Lincoln's life as a secret history involving vampires. The film somehow misses the joke and turns everything into a ridiculously over-the-top action film
Knights of Badassdom (2013)
Apr 20, 2014Live-Action Roleplayers Encounter a Demon
This has a winning concept - live-action roleplayers are forced to face a demon they accidentally conjure. Only it becomes a one-joke film with characters delivering mock mediaeval dialogue in falsettos
Gravy (2015)
Jul 5, 2017Psychos Imprison Staff of a Restaurant to Kill and Eat Them/Black Comedy
Three psychos who imprison the employees of a restaurant announcing they are going to kill and then cook all of them as a gourmet meal. A film made with a devastatingly black sense of humour
Unhinged (2020)
Nov 6, 2020Road Rage Psycho
The first film to go into wide US release during Covid lockdown with Russell Crowe snapping and turning psycho after a road rage incident. Much better than the lukewarm reception it received, this is a quite reasonable variant on Duel
Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
May 15, 2023Animated Remake of Night of the Living Dead
A remake of the original zombie film Night of the Living Dead conducted in animation
Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)
Jul 24, 2022Animation/DC Comics Superhero
Green Lantern is a classic comic-book character but his screen presence were damaged by the Ryan Reynolds film. This conducts a severe reset of the character’s continuity
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2024)
Feb 4, 2024Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
An animated film adaptation of Crisis on Infinite Earths, one of the classic DC Comics titles of all time. With superhero films now obsessed with multiverses, this seems the perfect time to bring it to the screen
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two (2024)
May 5, 2024Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
The second part of the epic three film animated adaptation of the classic DC Comics title Crisis on Infinite Earths concerning a battle across the DC multiverse
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three (2024)
Jul 26, 2024Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
The third and final part of the adaptation of DC Comics’ classic title Crisis on Infinite Earths featuring an epic battle to prevent the destruction of the multiverse