Tempest (1982)
Jul 1, 2000Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation
Paul Mazursky conducts a contemporary version of the Shakespeare play set in the Greek islands, which serves to give the original a potent resonance
Molly Ringwald
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Jun 19, 2000Planetary Adventure
Planetary adventure in the Star Wars vein with a few shakes of the junkyard future look of Mad Max 2. This was made to exploit the short-lived early 80s 3D revival fad
The Stand (1994)
Jul 1, 2019Showdown Between the Forces of Good and Evil After the Collapse of Civilisation/Stephen King Adaptation
The Stand is regarded as Stephen King's best novel, an epic that depicts the final showdown between good and evil in the aftermath of civilisation. The mini-series adaptation was alas placed into the ham fists of one of King's worst adapters. Mick Garris
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Aug 22, 1999Pupils vs Teacher Psycho-Thriller
Scream writer Kevin Williamson's made his directorial debut with this playful thriller in which Katie Holmes and fellow students imprison a teacher who has marked down her grades
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Jul 6, 2015Cannon Films Documentary
Absolutely fascinating documentary about Golan and Globus, the producers of a great deal of action, ninja, Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson films in the 1980s, plus many genre works, under the Cannon Films banner
Jem and the Holograms (2015)
Jan 29, 2016Girl Pop Band/Animation in Live-Action
The original animated series was one of the pop oddities of the 80s – part teen pop fantasy, part superheroics and secret identities. This live-action remake is an object lesson in how to strip all the fun elements out a series
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
Oct 15, 2022True-Life Serial Killer
Best TV of the year. A mini-series that offers an absolutely compulsive dive into the disturbing mind of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and an exactingly detailed charting of his crimes. Evan Peters shines in the title role