Fortunes (2005)
Jan 28, 2011Fortune Teller's Prophecy/Indie Film
Frustratingly insipid indie slice-of-life film following three guys affected by a fortune-teller's prophecy, this never surmounts the banalities of its characters' lives
Tony Hale
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Feb 26, 2007Man Discovers He is a Fictional Character
Quite reasonable meta-fiction where a surprisingly subdued Will Ferrell discovers he is a character in a novel and tries to rebel against his fate
The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (2006)
May 8, 2025Gonzo Post Holocaust
A gonzo post holocaust film that was put out under the National Lampoon label. Beyond having a great title, this represents as close to near-total ineptitude in filmmaking as it is possible to get
Dante’s Inferno (2007)
May 28, 2010Vision of Hell/Puppet Show
Modernised version of the classic journey though Hell conducted with cardboard puppets - a uniquely appealing experiment peppered with a number of biting contemporary jibes
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
Jan 11, 2008Animation/Talking Animal Adventures
Appealingly old-fashioned film about chivalry and heroism, much quieter than the other animation out there but this still holds its own
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
Apr 4, 2016Singing Chipmunks
The end of Western civilisation is surely upon us that studios have devoted multi-million dollar resources to making four of these films and that audiences flock to them despite universally terribly reviews. Ok so maybe I hated this one marginally less than the preceding three
Yoga Hosers (2016)
Nov 26, 2016Slacker Comedy/Cloned Miniature Nazi Soldiers
Kevin Smith's follow-up to Tusk slides off the cliff somewhere between Johnny Depp's incredibly silly performance, a nemesis you can't take seriously and what largely becomes a vanity exercise in nepotism – Smith and Depp creating a vehicle to highlight their daughters
Angry Birds (2016)
Jun 24, 2016Animation/Videogame Adaptation
A film based on a mobile app surely counts as a world first. Mostly this is the equivalent of switching one's brain off and spending an hour-and-a-half watching cartoons for the single digit age group
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
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
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Oct 12, 2019Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys
Pixar sequelise their very first film for a third time but the surprise is a film that creates a range of eccentric characters and finds the wit and warmth that has been missing through their last few films
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
Nov 26, 2021Cute Giant Dog
The best-selling children’s book series come to the screen with a big red CGI dog, which proves more enjoyable than the low-expectation film you initially expect going in
What Josiah Saw (2021)
Feb 20, 2023Southern Gothic
This is a superbly written and directed work of Southern Gothic that consists of three interwoven tales that gradually expose dark family secrets
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Oct 31, 2022Revived Witches/Disney Film
As part of their attempt to sell everything including the family silver, Disney make a sequel to their witch comedy, bringing back the three original actresses who are now looking a lot longer in the tooth
Woman of the Hour (2023)
Apr 11, 2025True Crime/Serial Killer on a Dating Show
Actress Anna Kendrick directs a film based on a true-life serial killer Rodney Alcala who appeared on tv’s The Dating Game
Inside Out 2 (2024)
Aug 31, 2024Pixar Animation/The Personalities Inside a Girl’s Head
Inside Out, set around the personified emotions in a girl’s head, was one of the breaths of fresh air among Pixar’s slip into terminal sequelitis during the 2010s. Now it gets its own sequel