Big and Hairy (1998)
Oct 26, 2000Bigfoot Joins the School Basketball Team
Kid's film that comes with a rather slight gimmick in which a Bigfoot is befriended and persuaded to join the high school basketball team
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Jul 3, 2010Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation
Hallmark TV mini-series version of the Jules Verne novel that keeps faith to the book for the most part before heading off on some colourfully exotic adventures
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Oct 31, 2008Miser's Redemption
For my money, the best adaptation of the multiply-filmed Charles Dickens tale. Patrick Stewart is a great Scrooge and the film respects the story, giving its milieu and central character life as a tale for adults
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Jun 30, 2003Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation
A fairly reasonable tv mini-series adaptation of Lewis Carroll – a version that excels in terms of design and in using The Jim Henson Workshop to bring the Wonderland creatures to life
The Magical Land of the Leprechauns (1999)
May 1, 2010Leprechaun Fantasy
Lively and undeniably likeable Hallmark mini-series that celebrates Irish myth. Giddily silly nonsense conducted with a boisterous energy
Arabian Nights (2000)
Jul 2, 2005Tales of Arabian Nights
Hallmark tv mini-series adaptation of the classic tales has been granted a decent budget that allows the stories to emerge with lavish spectacle and the fantasy to fly with exceptional regard
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
Feb 4, 2026Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
Another adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes quasi-supernatural mystery. This is also one of the worst ever thanks to the wildly over-acted, scenery chewing performance from Matt Frewer, badly miscast as Holmes
Prince Charming (2000)
Dec 22, 2005Fairytale Prince in the Modern Day
Fairly silly fairytale parody with a prince transformed into a frog trying to find a modern girl to give him the kiss of true love
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Dec 26, 2014Fairytale Parody Mini-Series
Hallmark mini-series set in a world 200 years after the classic fairytales have occurred, this wittily deflates or contrasts classic story elements with the present-day
Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
Sep 23, 2007Greek Myth Adventure
A Hallmark tv mini-series remake of the Greek myths that fails to stand up to the classic 1963 version. Here Ray Harryhausen's amazing stop-motion animated effects are replaced by cut-price CGI
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)
Dec 19, 2012Anthology of H.G. Wells Stories/TV Mini-Series
TV mini-series that adapts six less well known short stories by H.G. Wells into an anthology with Wells as the central character. A couple of good stories, some that never hit the mark
The Monkey King (2001)
Dec 22, 2005Epic Chinese Legend
A tv mini-series adaptation of the famous Chinese legend Journey to the West made for US audiences by Hallmark Entertainment. The story remains stolidly earthbound and the meta-fictional contortions the story has to add to engage in to have the monk hero replaced by a contemporary Thomas Gibson are bizarre
My Life as a Fairytale: Hans Christian Andersen (2001)
May 2, 2005Fairytale Author Biopic
TV mini-series that purports to tell a biography of fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen only to freely rearrange or outrighly invents aspects of Andersen's life
I Was a Teenage Faust (2001)
Jun 15, 2008Pact with the Devil Comedy
A very lightweight made-for-tv comedy where a nerdy teen signs a pact with a desperate agent of The Devil who offers him cool and the girl of his dreams
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)
Feb 12, 2005Revisionist Fairytale
TV mini-series co-produced by Hallmark Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company that offers an intriguing deconstruction of the fairytale that reverses the traditional sympathies
Snow White (2001)
Jun 29, 2008Fairy-Tale
Caroline Thompson, a regular Tim Burton scriptwriter, directs a uniquely revisionist version of the fairytale in which she digs in to explain the origins of many of the familiar aspects of the story
Dinotopia (2002)
Sep 1, 2007Lost World of Intelligent Dinosaurs
A TV mini-series based on the popular illustrated books by James Gurney about the discovery of a lost land where dinosaurs have evolved into their own civilisation
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Apr 2, 2006Sherlock Holmes Mystery
One of a series of cheap Canadian-made made Sherlock Holmes tv movies featuring a wildly overacting Matt Frewer who makes possibly the worst screen Holmes ever
Snow Queen (2002)
Jan 16, 2005Fairy-Tale/Epic Quest
The Hallmark tv mini-series version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale is lushly produced but tends to plod when it should come to life as fantasy
Talking to Heaven (2002)
Jun 18, 2015True-Life Medium Biopic
A Hallmark tv mini-series based on the life of the supposed true-life medium James Van Praagh
Dreamkeeper (2003)
Mar 13, 2006American Indian Myths and Legends
Beautifully made and written Hallmark tv mini-series directed by Steve Barron that brings to life a variety of different Native American myths and legends
Children of Dune (2003)
Oct 8, 2005Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
Follow-up to the 2000 tv mini-series adaptation of Dune, this adapts Frank Herbert's two books sequels, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. The production lacks the depth of its predecessor
Earthsea (2004)
Jun 21, 2006Epic Fantasy/Apprentice Wizard
This TV mini-series adaptation of the Ursula Le Guin books is an insult. This was quickly mounted on the back of the success of The Lord of the Rings films but feels like tv filler that has zero affinity for Le Guin's richly cultured world
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004)
Jul 3, 2002Santa's Son Seeks a Wife
Mawkishly sentimental Christmas tv movie with Steve Guttenberg as Santa's son who needs to find a wife before he can take over the role. So cliched and written to expectation that it lacks any conflict
Frankenstein (2004)
May 27, 2007Frankenstein Adaptation
TV mini-series that tries to conduct a rigorously faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s book and largely succeeds apart from some minor changes. On the other hand, none of the period setting or story much comes to life
A Christmas Carol (2004)
Feb 11, 2006Miser's Redemption Musical
TV movie version of the oft-filmed Charles Dickens tale featuring Kelsey Grammer as a very theatrical Scrooge. This tells the story as a musical but also manages to be surprisingly faithful to the original
King Solomon’s Mines (2004)
Feb 22, 2005Adventure Mini-Series
A Hallmark TV mini-series version of the classic H. Rider haggard adventure novel that suffers from a non-acting Patrick Swayze badly miscast as Allan Quatermain
5ive Days to Midnight (2004)
Nov 21, 2018Briefcase from the Future
Mini-series with the intriguing premise of Timothy Hutton receiving a briefcase from the future with clues that foretells his death in five days time. This befalls utterly predictable handling and is padded out to fill a five-hour slot
Meet the Santas (2005)
Aug 17, 2007Santa's Son Gets Married
Sequel to Single Santa Seeks Mrs Claus where here Santa's son (Steve Guttenberg) ties the knot – amazingly traditional and conservative in its sentiments and with everything so predictable that there is no real drama
Mysterious Island (2005)
Oct 9, 2008Desert Island Survival/Giant Animals
Hallmark tv mini-series adaptation of Jules Verne's desert island drama featuring no less than Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo. This sinks badly amid incredibly shoddy giant animal digital effects
Supernova (2005)
Jul 24, 2006Solar Disaster
Disaster TV mini-series about the end of the world due to the sun about to go supernova. Cliche plotting, canned action scenes and bad science ensue
Hercules (2005)
Dec 14, 2008Greek Mythological Hero
What approach can this Hallmark mini-series take that hasn't been exhausted by the numerous other Hercules films? Answer: Simply tell the Greek myth as it was written. At which it does not too badly
Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
Nov 26, 2019Alien Invasion
Darryl Hannah is the queen of a species of body-snatching insects intent on invading Earth. This is a clear winner head and shoulders above any other contenders for the most ridiculous alien invasion work ever made.
Merlin’s Apprentice (2006)
Mar 26, 2007Arthurian Legends Adventure
Sequel to Hallmark's earlier tv mini-series Merlin featuring a return performance from Sam Neill in the title role, this is otherwise a generic and unmemorable work of Arthurian fantasy
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (2006)
Sep 1, 2007Egyptian Archaeology Adventure
TV mini-series that turns the discovery of Tutankamun's tomb into an Indiana Jones adventure. But everything is played with a constant barrage of one-liners and action sequences so silly you can't take any of the show seriously