Rage (1972)
Nov 17, 2010Toxic Spill/Military Cover-Up
This directorial outing from actor George C. Scott is an interesting if not wholly successful film about one man's anger over the military cover-up of a biospill
Martin Sheen
Badlands (1973)
Apr 21, 2009True Life Killers on the Run
Terrence Malick’s first film, very loosely based on the murder spree of Charles Starkweather, albeit one where Malick reinvents Starkweather and girlfriend Caril Fugate as innocents adrift in the great American landscape
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Apr 8, 2001Plague-Infected Train/Disaster Movie
From the heyday of the disaster movie, an all-star cast head up a big scale drama about a train where a passenger is carrying a deadly plague, only for the train to be shunted all across Europe
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977)
Oct 19, 2003Teenage Girl Kills Intruders Psycho-Thriller
A psycho-thriller with a difference where Jodie Foster plays a teenager with secrets who maintains the pretence of living with her late father while fending off a pedophile Martin Sheen
The Final Countdown (1980)
Jul 29, 2002Aircraft Carrier Time-Travels Back to Pearl Harbor
A big-budget film that has one of the great SF premises - what if a modern aircraft carrier were transported back in time to the eve of Pearl Harbor - only to end up blowing it.
The Dead Zone (1983)
Jun 7, 2000Clairvoyance/Stephen King Adaptation
David Cronenberg adapts a Stephen King novel with Christopher Walken waking from a coma with clairvoyant abilities. An okay film if one that lacks the personal intensity and rich themes of Cronenberg's original works
Firestarter (1984)
Jul 29, 2002Pyrokinesis/Stephen King Adaptation
The adaptation of the Stephen King novel with Drew Barrymore giving a fantastic performance as a young girl with pyrokinetic powers on the run as she is hunted by a sinister government agency
Siesta (1987)
May 22, 2005Deathdream
This directorial debut for Mary Lambert is a stylish but empty-headed erotic mystery that eventually settles for a fantastical twist ending
The Believers (1987)
Jun 5, 2000Santeria Cult
Big serious film about Santeria religion that readily delves into the voodoo side of it as detective Martin Sheen and his family are targeted by cultists
Da (1988)
Feb 17, 2003Autobiography of an Irish Childhood/Cranky Father’s Ghost
Charming work of autobiography filled with some great performances in which Martin Sheen remembers his childhood in Ireland with an irascible father. Also a ghost story.
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Nov 21, 2003Serial Killer Thriller
Strong and absorbing serial killer thriller with Ally Walker tracking a killer who severs children's hands
Project: ALF (1996)
Dec 14, 2008Annoying Alien Vistor Comedy
A tv movie revival of the hit 1980s tv sitcom ALF. Looking back it's hard to wonder what ever seemed funny about the show at the time
Spawn (1997)
Mar 8, 2008Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation
A very disappointing film adaptation of Todd MacFarlane's cult comic-book where all of the moody darkness emerges with one-dimensional effect as little more than The Punisher with horns
Thrill Seekers (1999)
May 31, 2010Time Travel
A throwaway direct-to-dvd release about time travellers come back to view famous disasters that rises above low expectations to develop an occasionally interesting plot
Imagine That (2009)
Mar 3, 2010Stock Predictions from a Child's Invisible Companions
Eddie Murphy in another of the lame flops that marked his career in the 2000s where he plays a stockbroker who gets stock tips from his daughter's imaginary companion
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Jul 2, 2012Comic-Book Superhero
The reasoning behind rebooting the Spider-Man franchise after ten years and only three films is a puzzle. That said, this offers an edgier origin story than Sam Raimi's take and Andrew Garfield makes for a fine Spider-Man
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Jul 15, 2012End of the World Romantic Comedy
The End of the World seems the least likely backdrop for a romantic comedy. Newcomer Lorene Scafaria seems less interested in depicting social collapse than in making an insipid romcom road movie with two leads who fail to strike up any connection