Adam Rifkin Archives

The Invisible Maniac (1990)

Rating: ★

Mar 6, 2019Invisible Man

Low-budget invisible man film that makes a beeline for the squalid – the invisible man is a nerd scientist and invisibility becomes an opportunity for him to wander into girl's locker rooms, kill bullies and the like

Director: Adam Rifkin

Category: Science Fiction

6 March 20199 May 2026 by Roog

The Dark Backward (1991)

Rating: ★★

Feb 19, 2015Gonzo Comedy/Man Grows a Third Arm

A really strange comedy with Judd Nelson as a socially inept man who tries to make it as a stand-up comedy act after growing a third arm out of his back. Audiences scratched their heads and the film bombed

Director: Adam Rifkin

Actors: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, …

Category: Fantasy

19 February 201510 December 2025 by Roog

MouseHunt (1997)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 17, 2000Men vs an Intelligent Mouse

The directorial debut of Gore Verbinski, this harnesses Babe-styled animatronics to essentially create a live-action Tom and Jerry cartoon with two comic villains being outwitted by a seemingly unkillable mouse

Director: Gore Verbinski

Actors: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, Eric Christmas, …

Category: Fantasy

17 December 200021 March 2026 by Roog

Small Soldiers (1998)

Rating: ★★

Nov 5, 1999War Between Toys

Joe Dante has resorted to a rehash of his biggest hit Gremlins, seemingly conceptually slung together with Toy Story - concerning an army of malevolent toy soldiers come to life

Director: Joe Dante

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Tommy Lee Jones, Gregory Smith, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 November 199926 May 2026 by Roog

Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006)

Rating: ★★

Dec 14, 2008School for Superheroes

Family-friendly superhero film that places more focus on slapstick than superheroics and contains an embarrassing return to the screen for Chevy Chase

Director: Peter Hewitt

Actors: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Ryan Newman, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 December 200819 June 2025 by Roog

Underdog (2007)

Rating: ★

Sep 23, 2007Canine Superhero/Cartoon in Live-Action

Excruciating and unfunny live-action version of the animated tv series about a superpowered dog. Everything is now run over with lame slapstick and smartass one-liners

Director: Frederik Du Chau

Actors: Peter Dinklage, Patrick Warburton, Taylor Momsen, John Slattery, …

Category: Science Fiction

23 September 200715 May 2025 by Roog

Chillerama (2011)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 23, 2012Horror Parody Anthology/Drive-In Homage

In the same vein as Grindhouse, four filmmakers have come together to make an anthology of spoof horror films that homage the drive-in tradition. Good taste is left well behind and the results are both outrageous and funny

Director: Adam Green, Adam Rifkin, Joe Lynch, Tim Sullivan

Actors: Joel David Moore, Kane Hodder, Adam Rifkin, Ray Wise, …

Category: Horror

23 June 20126 December 2023 by Roog

Director’s Cut (2016)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 4, 2022Meta-Fiction/Film Gets Invaded by a Psycho Fan

A mind-bogglingly meta film that starts out as a regular crime thriller before it gets invaded and taken over by psycho fan Penn Jillette who abducts the star and is determined to write himself in as the hero

Director: Adam Rifkin

Actors: Penn Jillette, Missi Pyle, Harry Hamlin, Hayes MacArthur, …

Category: Horror

4 January 20224 January 2022 by Roog

Willy’s Wonderland (2021)

Rating: ★★

Feb 27, 2021Possessed Animatronic Robots

A horror film premised around Nicolas Cage beating the crap out of a series of possessed animatronic robots, a fairly blatant copy of the Five Nights at Freddy's videogame

Director: Kevin Lewis

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, Ric Reitz, …

Category: Horror

27 February 202131 December 2025 by Roog