The Sender (1982)
Sep 14, 2002Psychic Psychiatric Patient
Excellent and overlooked film with Kathryn Harrold as a psychiatrist trying to deal with the fact that one of the patients in an asylum has vast psychic powers
Edward S. Feldman
Explorers (1985)
Jan 18, 2001Teenagers Build Spaceship
Joe Dante's successor to Gremlins and a box-office flop. This nevertheless evokes a genteel sense of wonder in its story with Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as teen inventors who build a backyard spaceship
Wired (1989)
Apr 11, 2005Surreal John Belushi Biopic
Flop and muchly hated biopic of John Belushi that turns his life into a bad farce. Included here for the presence of an angel that guides Belushi through his life
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Aug 16, 1999Giant Baby
The first sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, which far less effectively reverses the scenario and has Rick Moranis accidentally enlarging his child to giant size
The Jungle Book (1994)
Jul 19, 2000Jungle Hero
The first of the Disney live-action remakes of their animated films. Stephen Sommers abandons the talking animals and gives us a film that it more Tarzan than Rudyard Kipling set in a lush fantasy version of India
The Truman Show (1998)
Apr 1, 1999Man's Life as a TV Show
Ingenious film that predicted reality tv shows where Jim Carrey's life has been a tv show since birth with him unaware of everything is staged
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Nov 24, 2000Dognapping Villainness
Sequel to the live-action 101 Dalmatians remake. This brings back Glenn Close as Cruella DeVil and proves a far more enjoyable film that its predecessor