It (1990)
Jun 10, 2016Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster
Stephen King adapted mini-series and one of the best. A dark Coming of Age tale, Tim Curry makes an unsettling Pennywise (in doing so popularised the figure of the killer clown)
Seth Green
Ticks (1993)
Jun 19, 1999Mutant Ticks
Routine variant on the 1970s killer bug film, although the bugs here are gooey and cartoonish not meant to be taken seriously
Arcade (1994)
Jun 14, 2002Malevolent Virtual Reality Game
A quickie effort made by Albert Pyun for Charles Band's Full Moon Productions to exploit the Virtual Reality themes popularised by The Lawnmower Man, concerning a malevolent VR videogame
Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery (1997)
May 1, 1999Spy Movie Spoof
The first of Mike Myers' Austin Powers films is at times extremely silly and scatological but does offer a knowing and witty parody of the James Bond films. The result became a cult phenomenon
Idle Hands (1999)
Jun 29, 1999Possessed/Disembodied Hand
Surely the first slacker horror film in which teenager Devon Sawa's hand becomes possessed. A comedy that feels as though it should have been a lot funnier than it ends up being on screen
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Jun 14, 1999Spy Movie Spoof
The second of the Austin Powers films is less sharp in its parody of the James Bond film and more focused on a series of broad scatological gags. Mike Myers owns the show in a trio of entertainingly gregarious performances
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Jun 15, 2010Animation/Talking Swans
Animated film based on a book by Charlotte's Web author E.B. White about a trumpet-playing swan
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Oct 19, 2002Spy Movie Spoof
Third of the Austin Powers films and the point where the amusements of the other films topples over into a pandering indulgence to Mike Myers' mugging, which is allowed to overtake the whole show
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Apr 19, 2004Ghostbusting Team/Cartoon in Live-Action
Sequel to the live-action Scooby-Doo, this is at least a better film than its predecessor, being more polished in its slapstick and effects but still has no more ambition beyond being a silly no-brain film
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Mar 13, 2011Animation/Boy's Adventures on Mars
Motion-capture animated version of a popular children’s book. The title suggests a 1950s B movie and the subtext doesn’t bear close examination but the results are engagingly put together
Delete (2013)
Jan 20, 2015Artificial Intelligence Amok
The return of the talented Steve Barron after a decade's absence in a film that was shot in my own backyard (literally). Disappointingly, all we get is a work that unimaginatively rehashes cliches about amok A.I.s
Holidays (2016)
Aug 7, 2016Horror Anthology
Another in the spate of multi-director horror anthologies with each episode here being set around a holiday. As with these films, some of the episodes work well, some end with a puzzled WTF and most fall somewhere in between
A Disturbance in the Force: How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)
Dec 15, 2023Documentary About The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special has a legendary awfulness in Star Wars fandom - least of all that George Lucas has done all in his power to quash its existence. This is a documentary about what happened
Hanky Panky (2023)
Mar 2, 2026Gonzo Comedy
A gonzo comedy about an alien invasion that takes place during a getaway at a remote cabin by assorted comically dysfunctional characters including a man who is accompanied by a talking handkerchief