Tom McBeath Archives

Nick Fury, Agent of Shield (1998)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 22, 2013Marvel Comics TV Pilot/Spy Adventure

Way back before Marvel Comics' extraordinary domination of cinema screens and Samuel L. Jackson's airing of the role, there was this tv pilot with David Hasselhoff; Although the film has a ridiculed reputation today, David S. Goyer delivers a tongue-in-cheek script filled with side-splitting one-liners

Director: Rod Hardy

Actors: David Hasselhoff, Sandra Hess, Lisa Rinna, Neil Roberts, …

Category: Science Fiction

22 September 20132 May 2024 by Roog

They Nest (2000)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 14, 2019Killer Roaches

Hordes of killer roaches overrun an island. A reasonable and not too bad run through of the formula of the bugs on the attack film that comes with the benefit of some convincing effects

Director: Ellory Elkayem

Actors: Thomas Calabro, Dean Stockwell, John Savage, Kristen Dalton, …

Category: Horror

14 March 201919 March 2026 by Roog

Beneath (2007)

Rating: ★

Apr 11, 2017Smalltown Secrets

Girl returns to her hometown after many years, encounters family secrets, ghostly figures, clairvoyant visions. The film holds interest for a time as you try to figure out what is going on but eventually proves a letdown

Director: Dagen Merrill

Actors: Nora Zehetner, Matthew Settle, Gabrielle Rose, Warren Christie, …

Category: Horror

11 April 201727 November 2025 by Roog

The Andromeda Strain (2008)

Rating: ★★

Jun 15, 2008Virus from Space/Michael Crichton Adaptation

TV series remake of Michael Crichton's novel about the attempts to contain a viral outbreak from space. Crichton's story was a straightforward work, whereas the mini-series has been absurdly overburdened with other plots

Director: Mikael Salomon

Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Ricky Schroder, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 June 200824 November 2025 by Roog

Alien Trespass (2009)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 12, 20091950s SF Homage

Homage to 1950s SF films, in particular It Came from Outer Space and The Blob, made not as a parody but as an affectionate tribute to the era with everything played seriously

Director: R.W. Goodwin

Actors: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria, Robert Patrick, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 September 200911 November 2025 by Roog

Camera Shy (2012)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 5, 2013Man Realises He is a Character in a Film

A Canadian film where a corrupt politician makes the slow realisation that he is a character inside a film. The comedy heads for obvious places at times but the film is carried by the originality and amusement of its premise

Director: Mark Sawers

Actors: Nicholas Wright, Gerard Plunkett, Lara Gilchrist, Hilary Jardine, …

Category: Fantasy

5 January 201328 December 2025 by Roog