Vanessa Williams Archives

Candyman (1992)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 8, 2000Boogey Man/Clive Barker Adaptation

A Clive Barker adaptation capped by a magisterial performance from Tony Todd. This was greeted as a horror masterpiece when it came out and went on to spawn two sequels. Not too bad if it falls short of the classic status

Director: Bernard Rose

Actors: Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, …

Category: Horror

8 December 200028 December 2025 by Roog

Eraser (1996)

Rating: ★★

May 23, 2003Action/Hi-Tech Weaponry

The publicity machine made a big effort to convince us we were a more serious Arnold Schwarzenegger film but it is business as usual. The spectacular action scenes are frequently undercut by their absurd improbability

Director: Chuck Russell

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, Robert Pastorelli, …

Category: Science Fiction

23 May 200331 January 2026 by Roog

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

Rating: ★★

Jun 1, 2004Children's Film/Small Furry Creature's Adventures

A rather slight film spinoff red-furred Elmo, the popular character from Sesame Street. A film designed for very young children.

Director: Gary Halvorson

Actors: Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Williams, Kevin Clash, Steve Whitmire, …

Category: Fantasy

1 June 200421 November 2025 by Roog

Like Mike (2002)

Rating: ★½

Apr 29, 2014Kid Finds Magic Basketball Sneakers

Utterly insipid family film about an orphan kid who is given a magical set of sneakers that turn him into a basketball star who is "like Mike [Jordan]." Little more than a glorified commercial for the NBA

Director: John Schultz

Actors: Lil Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Crispin Glover, …

Category: Fantasy

29 April 201427 June 2026 by Roog

Imagine That (2009)

Rating: ★★

Mar 3, 2010Stock Predictions from a Child's Invisible Companions

Eddie Murphy in another of the lame flops that marked his career in the 2000s where he plays a stockbroker who gets stock tips from his daughter's imaginary companion

Director: Karey Kirkpatrick

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Ronny Cox, Nicole Ari Parker, …

Category: Fantasy

3 March 201015 April 2026 by Roog

The Man From Earth: Holocene (2017)

Rating: ★★

Jan 28, 2018Immortal Man

The Man from Earth built up a reasonable reputation with a simple concept - a 14,000 year old man tells his life story that comes with a killer of a twist. This sequel far less interestingly becomes a detective story about a group of students trying to find if their professor is the same character

Director: Richard Schenkman

Actors: David Lee Smith, Akemi Look, Brittany Curran, Sterling Knight, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 January 20184 January 2025 by Roog

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)

Rating: ★★

Apr 8, 2018Animation/Team-Up of DC Comics Super-Villains

A DC Universe Original Animated Movie given over to Suicide Squad. Clearly inspired by the live-action film, this goes overboard on the super-villains present, having three entire teams running around to general confusion, while striking a very odd tone in its pitch for an R-rating

Director: Sam Liu

Actors: Christian Slater, Tara Strong, Vanessa Williams, Billy Brown, …

Category: Fantasy

8 April 201830 November 2020 by Roog

Batman: Hush (2019)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 26, 2019Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Animated adaptation of the classic Batman comic-book story, this places the Batman/Cat Woman relationship centre stage to give her the most substantial workout of any film

Director: Justin Copeland

Actors: Jason O'Mara, Jennifer Morrison, Jerry O'Connell, Peyton List, …

Category: Fantasy

26 July 201910 October 2025 by Roog

Candyman (2021)

Rating: ★★

Sep 25, 2021Boogey Man

A Jordan Peele-written/produced revival of the Candyman series. Director Nia DaCosta lights it up with a new contemporary social relevance but fails to recapture the eerie horror the original held

Director: Nia DaCosta

Actors: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, …

Category: Horror

25 September 202130 July 2026 by Roog