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Mystery Train (1989)

Mystery Train (1989)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 2, 2011Anthology of Tales from a Memphis Hotel/Ghost of Elvis
Dry and typically laconic trio of tales from Jim Jarmusch all set around characters at a Memphis hotel on the same night. Included here for one episode featuring the appearance of a ghost Elvis
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Escape from L.A. (1996)

Escape from L.A. (1996)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 11, 2003Action/Los Angeles as a Future Prison
John Carpenter’s sequel to Escape from New York falls too much in the shadow of its predecessor, nevertheless has some effective moments of its own, with Carpenter in particular creating a satiric fundamentalist future
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 15, 2001Anime/Alien Soul Devourers
Despite being made by the same company, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Final Fantasy videogame. It is a visually stunning work of anime that takes place on an epic scale set after Earth has been invaded by spirit beings
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Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Rating: ★★½
Jan 25, 2002Juvenile Spy Adventures
The second of Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids films is slightly the lesser of its predecessor – it makes the mistake of stripping out the gadgets – but is still fun and has the wacky surrealism Rodriguez gave the first film
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Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Rating: ★★
Sep 28, 2012Animation/Hotel for Famous Monsters
A variant on the much more charming Mad Monster Party?, an animated film featuring cute cuddly versions of the Famous Monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, wolfman etc) with Adam Sandler voicing Dracula
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Monsters University (2013)

Monsters University (2013)
Rating: ★★
Jun 21, 2013Pixar Animation/Monsters in the Closet
Pixar's creative decline has been the point they started making these sequels to their hits. This is a disappointing prequel to Monsters, Inc. that largely recycles the cliches of the Revenge of the Nerds films and seems lacking in any of the wacky humour or moments of cuteness we expect of a Pixar film
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The Cobbler (2014)

The Cobbler (2014)
Rating: ★★
Aug 23, 2017Cobbler Turns Into the Person Whose Shoes He Puts On
Adam Sandler does more acting than usual in the story of a shoemaker who transforms into the wearer whenever he puts on a pair of shoes. A throwaway premise that attracts a surprisingly high-profile cast
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Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Rating: ★½
Sep 23, 2017Live-Action Transformer Robots
The fifth of Michael Bay's Transformers films. This comes with more of an outright comedy focus than any of the other films where Bay seems to be second-guessing his critics and spoofing his own peccadilloes in quote marks, only to produce the silliest entry in the series yet
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The Boss Baby (2017)

The Boss Baby (2017)
Rating: ★★
Jun 11, 2017Animation/Ruthless Corporate Executive Baby
This has one of the most original nemeses created for an animated film - a baby in business suit and briefcase and with the demeanour of a ruthless corporate CEO – only for the film to then go and soften the character
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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Rating: ★★
Nov 25, 2018Animation/Famous Monsters Comedy
I'm not a fan of the Hotel Transylvania films and their reduction of the Famous Monsters to slapstick yocks. This is exactly the same as the preceding films, no better, no worse and with only minute plotting difference
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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Rating: ★★
Jan 29, 2022Animation/Famous Monsters Comedy
Minus Adam Sandler this time, the Hotel Transylvania series trots out a fourth entry. Here, in some search for novelty on what has gone before, the monsters are turned back into humans
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