The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 3, 1999World's Greatest Liar's Absurdist Adventures
Terry Gilliam's adaptation of the adventures of the world's greatest liar was another problem ridden Gilliam production that emerges as an absurd, colourful spectacle filled with a dizzying greatness of imagination

Batman & Robin (1997)

Batman & Robin (1997)
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Sep 30, 2000Comic-Book Superhero
Possibly the worst film ever made on a big studio budget, Joel Schumacher’s follow-up to Tim Buton's standout Batman films where he turns everything into an absurd Day Glo realm with a script for two year-olds, campy puns and badly overacting super-villains

Paycheck (2003)

Paycheck (2003)
Rating: ★★
Apr 6, 2004Precognition/Action Film/Philip K. Dick Adaptation
This Philip K. Dick adaptation has a great premise – Ben Affleck is an engineer with a blanked memory blanked only to find he has left himself clues from the future of things that are starting to come true. Alas, this is reduced to an action vehicle in the hands of John Woo

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Rating: ★★
Feb 14, 2010Greek Myth in the Present Day
Chris Columbus seeks to emulate the success of the Harry Potter films with this adaptation of a Young Adult series about the children of Greek gods. The film falls apart due to Columbus's typical banal cues and effects overkill

Movie 43 (2013)

Movie 43 (2013)
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Nov 8, 2013Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits
An anthology of comedy skits that sets out to be in as bad taste as possible – you are left astounded how far a film has to go to offend in this post-South Park era. That and wondering if the producers had kidnapped some of the stars' family members to force them to participate

Down a Dark Hall (2018)

Down a Dark Hall (2018)
Rating: ★★
Feb 17, 2019Sinister Happenings at a Girls’ Boarding School
Rodrigo Cortes, who made the fine Buried, directs a Young Adult horror, which is produced by no less than Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, concerning supernatural happenings at a girl's boarding school.