The Tempest (1979)
Jul 5, 2004Shakespeare Adaptation
Derek Jarman's take on Shakespeare's play filled with weird imagery and staged like a journey through a haunted house where all the players are verging on madness
Karl Johnson
Avenging Force (1986)
Aug 20, 2005Action/Human Hunting for Sport
Action film from Cannon Films with Michael Dudikoff forced to undergo a Most Dangerous Game scenario and be hunted through the bayous by white supremacists
Rules of Engagement (1989)
Feb 13, 2020Impending Nuclear War
The last gasp of the mid-80s era of nuclear anxieties that brought Threads and The Day After, a tv mini-series about the imposition of martial law in a British city as US-Soviet nuclear war looms in Europe
The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
Jul 17, 2009Political What If Scenario
Political What if scenario that sees British Prime Minister Tony Blair being publicly shamed and then placed on trail for his part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The biting points are undone by the film being directed in a tone of strident farce
Frankenstein (2011)
Sep 21, 2012Frankenstein Stage Adaptation
Danny Boyle's stage adaptation, broadcast live on movie screens, wrings up some unique changes on the classic tale. The role of Frankenstein and creation alternated between Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller