Kevin McDonald Archives

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

Rating: ★

Nov 24, 2002Happiness Drug Comedy

A film spun off from the popular Canadian comedy troupe Kids in the Hall. The loose plot concerns a happiness drug but is mostly there to feature the regulars playing multiple character

Director: Kelly Makin

Actors: Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 November 20028 June 2026 by Roog

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 19, 2002Disney Animation/Malevolent Alien Creature

Likeable Disney animated film about a young misfit Hawaiian girl who befriends an unruly alien creature. This has a good deal of oddball energy and humour that makes it rather appealing

Director: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

Actors: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 October 200227 June 2026 by Roog

Stitch! The Movie (2003)

Rating: ★½

Jun 19, 2010Disney Animation Sequel

Cheaply made video-released sequel to Lilo & Stitch, which is only a rehash but does surprisingly reunite all the voice talents

Director: Bobs Gannaway, Tony Craig

Actors: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, David Ogden Stiers, Jeff Bennett, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 June 20102 August 2023 by Roog

Sky High (2005)

Rating: ★★

Oct 8, 2005School for Superheroes

This feels like a copy of the Harry Potter films set at a school for trainee superheroes. Alas after the set-up of its premise, the film appears at a loss of what to do and falls back on insipid cliches

Director: Mike Mitchell

Actors: Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Danielle Panabaker, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 October 200521 March 2025 by Roog

Epic Movie (2007)

Rating: ★

Feb 11, 2007Parodies of Various Films

Probably the worst of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer witless and painfully unfunny films – this just consists of a series of vulgar gags run over a bunch of scenes from films that came out in the last twelve months

Director: Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg

Actors: Adam Campbell, Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, …

Category: Fantasy

11 February 200725 November 2023 by Roog

Bottom of the World (2017)

Rating: ★★

Aug 26, 2019Surreal Reality Blurrings

Indie film that channels a Lost Highway vibe in which Douglas Smith searches for a missing girlfriend Jena Malone and then wakes up in an entirely different life where he cannot be certain which life is real and which a dream

Director: Richard Sears

Actors: Douglas Smith, Jena Malone, Ted Levine, Tamara Duarte, …

Category: Fantasy

26 August 201926 August 2019 by Roog