John Patrick Shanley Archives

The January Man (1989)

Rating: ★

Mar 26, 1999Serial Killer Thriller

A completely ridiculous thriller with Kevin Kline playing a fireman-detective who is tracking a serial killer. It is hard to tell if it was intended as a comedy but it managed to attract an impressive cast list

Director: Pat O'Connor

Actors: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, …

Category: Horror

26 March 199920 May 2026 by Roog

We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)

Rating: ★★

Jan 20, 2001Animation/Talking Dinosaurs

Juvenile animated film from Amblin Entertainment concerning dinosaurs whose intelligence is raised to human level and they are let loose in the present-day

Director: Dick Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, Ralph Zondag, Simon Wells

Actors: John Goodman, Yeardley Smith, Kenneth Mars, Walter Cronkite, …

Category: Fantasy

20 January 200124 June 2021 by Roog

Congo (1995)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 30, 2001Lost City of Intelligent Apes/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Following the success of Jurassic Park, a host of other Michael Crichton books were filmed, including this not entirely successful but not uninteresting work where Crichton attempts to modernise the lost world adventure

Director: Frank Marshall

Actors: Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 June 200110 January 2026 by Roog