John Schuck Archives

Brewster McCloud (1971)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 10, 2004Gonzo Comedy/Man Builds Wings/Angelic Intervention

One of the most eccentric and strangest films in the oeuvre of Robert Altman in which Bud Cort set out to build a set of wings to fly, amid aid from angels and lots of bird symbolism

Director: Robert Altman

Actors: Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, …

Category: Fantasy

10 March 200411 September 2025 by Roog

Hammersmith is Out (1972)

Rating: ★★

Oct 14, 2025Satire/Devil Figure

One of the few flops that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor made, a broad satire where Burton is a Devil figure who escape from an asylum, leaving a trail of bodiesas he makes his way up to control the presidency

Director: Peter Ustinov

Actors: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Beau Bridges, Peter Ustinov, …

Category: Fantasy

14 October 202521 April 2026 by Roog

The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV (1986)

Rating: ★★

Jul 17, 2002Time Travel Back to the Present

Fourth of the original Star Trek films jumps on board the popularity of time travel themes following Back to the Future to have the regulars time travel back to the present for a series of amiable, easy comic encounters

Director: Leonard Nimoy

Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks, DeForest Kelley, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 July 20028 February 2025 by Roog

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

Rating: ★

Sep 5, 2004Anarchic Girl

Ill-conceived US version of the popular children's book character created by Astrid Lindgren. The result feels less a film as it does a kindergarten playground gone entirely out of control

Director: Ken Annakin

Actors: Tami Erin, Dennis Dugan, Dianne Hull, George Dicenzo, …

Category: Fantasy

5 September 200411 August 2020 by Roog

Second Sight (1989)

Rating: ★

Jul 8, 2000Psychic Detective Agency

An attempt to copy Ghostbusters concerning a psychic detective agency that degenerates into painfully bad slapstick

Director: Joel Zwick

Actors: John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin, Bess Armstrong, …

Category: Fantasy

8 July 20007 March 2025 by Roog

My Mom’s a Werewolf (1989)

Rating: ★★

Jun 25, 2009Werewolf Housewife Comedy

Fairly silly comedy in which housewife Susan Blakely discovers that she is turning into a werewolf. This varies between the over-the-top and the oddly amusing line

Director: Michael Fischa

Actors: Susan Blakely, John Saxon, Katrina Caspary, John Schuck, …

Category: Horror

25 June 200921 October 2025 by Roog

Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight (1995)

Rating: ★★

Mar 19, 2001Siege Against Demons

Film spinoff from the popular Tales from the Crypt horror anthology tv series but with more gore effects, this is competently done but does nothing to distinguish itself

Director: Ernest Dickerson

Actors: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett, Thomas Haden Church, …

Category: Horror

19 March 20016 November 2020 by Roog