Supergirl (1984)
Jul 5, 2000Comic-Book Superheroine
The producers of the Christopher Reeve Superman films turn their attentions to Superman's cousin Kara whose screen debut is derailed by a horrendously overacting Faye Dunaway
Peter O'Toole
Creator (1985)
Oct 27, 2001Cloning and the Meaning of Life
Biochemistry professor Peter O'Toole tries to clone his late wife. A sublime film that has a way over-the-top eccentricity and sparkles with an exuberance of life
High Spirits (1988)
Feb 27, 2003Haunted Castle Comedy
Neil Jordan has shown himself as an excellent director elsewhere but seems to have little aptitude for comedy when it comes to this raucous knockabout farce about a haunted castle
King Ralph (1991)
May 7, 2000American Slob Becomes the King of England Comedy
A comedy where the Royal Family is wiped out and vulgar American nightclub singer John Goodman inherits the crown. Much comedic play between American vulgarity and British ceremony ensues.
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Oct 28, 1999Photos of Fairies/"True Story"
A nicely produced film based on the true-life Cottingley Fairies hoax in the 1920s where two girls produced photos supposedly of fairies that convinced some people. Despite the original being a hoax, the film wants to convince us that the fairies were real
Phantoms (1998)
Jan 25, 2003Evil Force Takes Over a Small Town/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation
One of the best and most underrated Dean R. Koontz adaptations, which creates eerie atmosphere out a town where the residents have disappeared due to what is revealed as a uniquely different creature
Ratatouille (2007)
Sep 9, 2007Pixar Animation/Talking Rat Chef
The eighth film from Pixar and Brad Bird's follow-up to the hit of The Incredibles. Telling the story of a rat that becomes a gourmet chef, this is slightly the lesser among the high standard that Pixar have set nevertheless still immensely enjoyable
Stardust (2007)
Sep 23, 2007Epic Fantasy Adventure
Matthew Vaughn adapts a Neil Gaiman book in this undeniably appealing fantasy that comes with a story of epical sweep that vies between fantastic imagination and broad humour
Dean Spanley (2008)
Mar 11, 2009Man's Previous Life as a Dog
Adaptation of a Lord Dunsany story, this has an appealingly eccentricity – a film told as a series of after dinner conversations about a man recalling his past life as a dog – that works with winning charms