Peter MacNichol Archives

Dragonslayer (1981)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 28, 2001Sorcerer's Apprentice vs Dragon

An overlooked fantasy film. Although the spirit of Star Wars stands over it, it offers a dark and gritty vision of the Middle Ages and soars with a full flight of fantasy with some stunning dragon effects

Director: Matthew Robbins

Actors: Peter MacNichol, Ralph Richardson, Caitlin Clarke, Peter Eyre, …

Category: Fantasy

28 August 200124 January 2026 by Roog

Ghostbusters II (1989)

Rating: ★★

Feb 1, 2002Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

A weak follow-up to the hit original that essentially killed off any further Ghostbusters sequels. Most of the the cast are back but the plot and proceedings feel like a walk-through for all involved.

Director: Ivan Reitman

Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, …

Category: Fantasy

1 February 200222 February 2026 by Roog

Addams Family Values (1993)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 8, 1999Kinky Perverse Family

Sequel to the live-action Addams Family film that reunites the same cast who fine-tune their roles, while the black comedy has an even more barbed bite second time around

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Actors: Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, …

Category: Fantasy

8 August 19996 November 2025 by Roog

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Rating: ★

Sep 5, 2002Dracula Parody

Mel Brooks had a huge hit with Young Frankenstein, an affectionate spoof of the Universal Frankenstein films. Two decades on he returns to do the same for the Dracula film but with far more scattershot results.

Director: Mel Brooks

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNichol, Steven Weber, Mel Brooks, …

Category: Horror

5 September 200223 March 2026 by Roog

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 19, 2008Animation/Mouse Boy

The third of the Stuart Little films, this one animated instead of its live-action predecessors

Director: Audu Paden

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Wayne Brady, Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis, …

Category: Fantasy

19 September 200831 March 2025 by Roog

Battleship (2012)

Rating: ★

May 17, 2012US Navy vs Alien Invaders/Boardgame Adaptation

Adaptation of the Battleship boardgame that emerges at best as wannabe Michael Bay. Imagine Pearl Harbor mashed up with a Transformers film and lots of bone-headed glorification of American militarism

Director: Peter Berg

Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 May 201222 November 2025 by Roog