Kevin Pollak Archives

Ricochet (1991)

Rating: ★

Jan 6, 2003Ex-Con's Revenge

This rehashes Cape Fear, remade by Martin Scorsese the same year, with Denzel Washington as an upstanding lawyer whose life is torn apart by vengeful ex-con John Lithgow. A frequently ludicrous script is made worse by Russell Mulcahy's overwrought direction

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Actors: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Kevin Pollak, Ice-T, …

Category: Horror

6 January 200328 February 2025 by Roog

Canadian Bacon (1995)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 20, 2000US Declares War on Canada Comedy

The one and only fiction film made by documentary-maker Michael Moore of Fahrenheit 9/11 fame, a broad farce concerning an imaginary war declared on Canada by the USA for political purposes

Director: Michael Moore

Actors: John Candy, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rhea Perlman, Rip Torn, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 December 200028 December 2025 by Roog

Outside Ozona (1998)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 23, 2008Road Movie Psycho-Thriller

Thriller following several different people as they drive towards the title Texas town, while a serial killer calls into an all-night radio talkback

Director: J.S. Cardone

Actors: Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak, Penelope Ann Miller, Sherilyn Fenn, …

Category: Horror

23 February 200818 December 2024 by Roog

Deterrence (1999)

Rating: ★★

Mar 13, 2000Impending Nuclear War

A thriller with Kevin Pollak as the US President caught at a diner by a blizzard where he is faced with the hard choice of whether or not to launch a nuclear attack on Iraq

Director: Rod Lurie

Actors: Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sean Astin, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 March 200017 January 2026 by Roog

End of Days (1999)

Rating: ★

Dec 1, 1999The Devil Returns to Earth at The Millennium/Action Film

Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on The Devil on the eve of the millennium. This is essentially The Omen and one of its ilk having been reworked as a mindless big-budget action and effects movie

Director: Peter Hyams

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak, …

Category: Horror

1 December 199931 January 2026 by Roog

Deal of a Lifetime (1999)

Rating: ★

Apr 13, 2002Pact with the Devil Comedy

Incredibly unfunny comedy in which a teenager sells his soul to the Devil. As The Devil, Kevin Pollak lets all stop loose in a mind-bogglingly over-the-top performance

Director: Paul Levine

Actors: Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Rubin, Shiri Appleby, Ron Glass, …

Category: Fantasy

13 April 20021 July 2020 by Roog

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

Rating: ★★

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

Director: Steve Carr

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Raven-Symone, Kristen Wilson, Jeffrey Jones, …

Category: Fantasy

19 June 200124 January 2026 by Roog

The Lost Room (2006)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 3, 2008Everyday Objects with Mysterious Powers

One of the most conceptually ingenious tv mini-series ever created concerning a quest for objects from a mysterious hotel room that have been imbued with amazing powers.

Director: Craig R. Baxley, Michael B. Watkins

Actors: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak, Dennis Christopher, …

Category: Fantasy

3 November 20081 January 2025 by Roog

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

Rating: ★

Feb 11, 2007Santa vs Jack Frost

Third of the Santa Clause films starring Tim Allen as Santa where his reality is upended by the evil Jack Frost

Director: Michael Lembeck

Actors: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Wendy Crewson, …

Category: Fantasy

11 February 20074 December 2024 by Roog

Otis (2008)

Rating: ★★

Jul 3, 2024Psycho Film

Film about a big overweight psycho who abducts girls and makes them enact a fantasy of being a cheerleader. Produced by one of the directors of The Blair Witch Project

Director: Tony Krantz

Actors: Bostin Christopher, Daniel Stern, Kevin Pollak, Illeana Douglas, …

Category: Horror

3 July 202413 November 2025 by Roog

Red State (2011)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 25, 2011Religious Cult

Kevin Smith discovers a newfound maturity in this work about a religious cult. Smith subdues his adolescent humour in a series of darkly laced dramatic twists, while the show is capped by some great performances

Director: Kevin Smith

Actors: Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano, Kyle Gallner, …

Category: Horror

25 September 201125 February 2025 by Roog

Injustice (2021)

Rating: ★★½

Oct 24, 2021Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

An alternate world take on DC Comics continuity where Superman snaps and creates a totalitarian police state and the other DC superheroes come together to stop him

Director: Matt Peters

Actors: Justin Hartley, Anson Mount, Janet Varney, Gillian Jacobs, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 October 202119 April 2026 by Roog