Vivica A. Fox Archives

Independence Day (1996)

Rating: ★★

Apr 12, 2003Alien Invasion

The film that made Roland Emmerich's name as a specialist in mass destruction spectacle. At heart, this rehashes a 1950s alien invasion film on a big-budget and adds blatantly sentimentalised American flag-waving

Director: Roland Emmerich

Actors: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 April 200317 April 2026 by Roog

Idle Hands (1999)

Rating: ★

Jun 29, 1999Possessed/Disembodied Hand

Surely the first slacker horror film in which teenager Devon Sawa's hand becomes possessed. A comedy that feels as though it should have been a lot funnier than it ends up being on screen

Director: Rodman Flender

Actors: Devon Sawa, Jessica Alba, Seth Green, Eldon Henson, …

Category: Horror

29 June 199915 April 2026 by Roog

Ella Enchanted (2004)

Rating: ★

Dec 12, 2004Revisionist Cinderella Comedy

Excruciatingly awful take on Cinderella, which overruns the fairytale with hip contemporary in-jokes and pop culture references, shredding any suspension of disbelief in its desire to appeal to a modern teen cool

Director: Tommy O'Haver

Actors: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Aidan McArdle, …

Category: Fantasy

12 December 200430 January 2026 by Roog

Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)

Rating: ★★

Aug 17, 2014Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film

Sequel to the bad movie phenomenon Sharknado Accompanied by a host of celebrity cameos, there is less the cheerful absurdity of the original than a film that is trying to recapture a spontaneously generated fad

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante

Actors: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox, Kari Wuhrer, …

Category: Horror

17 August 201429 October 2025 by Roog

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Rating: ★½

Jul 2, 2016Alien Invasion

Roland Emmerich returns with more of the same. The problem is how to top the first film and here everything is so big and with so much happening that it cannot be taken in and slips into tedium

Director: Roland Emmerich

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Bill Pullman, Jesse T. Usher, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 July 201617 April 2026 by Roog

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (2018)

Rating: ★★

Dec 14, 2018Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film

The sixth of the Sharknado films, this has the usual crew fighting sharknados throughout history. With this comes the recognition there is nowhere more ridiculous and over-the-top for the series to go

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante

Actors: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo, Judah Friedlander, …

Category: Horror

14 December 20183 July 2026 by Roog

Aquarium of the Dead (2021)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 7, 2021Zombified Marine Life

The Asylum produces a sequel to Zoombies. While the original featured zombified zoo animals, this time we get an aquarium where the staff find themselves fighting off of zombified marine life

Director: Glenn R. Miller

Actors: Vivica A. Fox, Eva Ceja, D.C. Douglas, Anthony Jensen, …

Category: Horror

7 November 20212 July 2026 by Roog