Marc Toberoff Archives

My Favorite Martian (1999)

Rating: ★

Sep 5, 2004Alien Visitor Comedy/TV Series Remake

The big screen remake of the 1960s sitcom about a wacky alien visitor. However, this all of the original's amusements promptly gets buried under frenetic slapstick and cheap CGI gags

Director: Donald Petrie

Actors: Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 September 200417 January 2026 by Roog

It’s Alive (2008)

Rating: ★

Aug 1, 2013Killer Mutant Baby

Larry Cohen's 1974 cult classic about a killer mutant baby gets the remake treatment. Even though Cohen co-writes the script here, the remake manages to wring anything interesting out of the original

Director: Josef Rusnak

Actors: Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphael Coleman, Owen Teale

Category: Horror

1 August 20135 May 2026 by Roog

Piranha (2010)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 28, 2010Killer Fish

Another in the fad for 70s/80s remakes where Alexandre Aja for once captures the spirit of Joe Dante's 1978 original by planting tongue in cheek and wading in with mind-bogglingly gory enthusiasm

Director: Alexandre Aja

Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steve R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, …

Category: Horror

28 August 201017 January 2026 by Roog

Piranha 3DD (2012)

Rating: ★★

May 26, 2012Killer Fish

Sequel to the Piranha remake. Much the same as before but up one cup size. Well not really, the sequel is more like a joke that was funny the first time that becomes belaboured in the retelling

Director: John Gulager

Actors: Danielle Panabaker, David Hasselhoff, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka, …

Category: Horror

26 May 201217 January 2026 by Roog

Fantasy Island (2020)

Rating: ★★

Apr 25, 2020TV Series Remake/Island That Makes Fantasies Come True

The big screen remake of the popular 70s/80s tv series about an island that makes guests fantasies come true. In the hands of Blumhouse, this has now been turned into a horror film

Director: Jeff Wadlow

Actors: Michael Peña, Lucy Hale, Maggie Q, Austin Stowell, …

Category: Fantasy

25 April 202017 January 2026 by Roog

Hellraiser (2022)

Rating: ★★

Oct 14, 2022Sadomasochistic Demons

A valiant attempt to remake Clive Barker’s glistening and brilliant original that only emerges as a better made version of one of the sequels. This has a disappointing tameness that would never have inspired a series of sequels

Director: David Bruckner

Actors: Odessa A'zion, Jamie Clayton, Drew Starkey, Adam Faison, …

Category: Horror

14 October 202217 January 2026 by Roog

Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)

Rating: ★★

Jun 14, 2025Predator Animation Anthology

The Predator series continues. Dan Trachtenberg, the director of Prey, makes an animated offering that tells three stories of encounters between human and Predator in different eras of history

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Actors: Lindsay LaVanchy, Damian Haas, Andrew Morgado, Doug Cockle, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 June 202517 January 2026 by Roog

Predator: Badlands (2025)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 17, 2026Alien Huntsman on a Death Planet

The ninth Predator film. This changes the mix quite considerably from the usual alien huntsman vs human prey formula we have had so far. It also offers a return to the Alien universe, although not quite what we expect

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Actors: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Rohinal Nayaran, Mike Homik, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 January 202617 January 2026 by Roog