Scott Kroopf Archives

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

Rating: ★★★½

Sep 6, 1999Time-Travelling Slackers

A quirky hit that jumped aboard the 1980s popularity of time travel themes with an appealingly offbeat eccentricity. The film that propelled Keanu Reeves onto become a star

Director: Stephen Herek

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 September 199924 August 2026 by Roog

Upworld (1991)

Rating: ½

Feb 15, 2001Cop and Gnome Partner

The most bizarre variant on the buddy cop film where Anthony Michael Hall is partnered with a gnome. Directed by makeup effects man Stan Winston and an embarrassment to all involved

Director: Stan Winston

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Claudia Christian, Jerry Orbach, Robert Z'dar

Category: Fantasy

15 February 200124 August 2026 by Roog

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

Rating: ★★

Jun 1, 2001Slackers in the Afterlife

The sequel to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure where the first film's humour gets lost amid repetition and blown up by a big-budget. William Sadler's Death however proves a scene-stealer

Director: Peter Hewitt

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, …

Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

1 June 200124 August 2026 by Roog

Jumanji (1995)

Rating: ★★

Dec 31, 2001Chaos-Unleashing Boardgame

A popular Robin Williams starring hit about a boardgame that unleashes jungle-themed chaos in a small town. A cute effects-driven idea that ultimately becomes an incredibly safe fantasy

Director: Joe Johnston

Actors: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce, …

Category: Fantasy

31 December 200124 August 2026 by Roog

Kazaam (1996)

Rating: ★

Mar 31, 1999Kid Befriends Genii

A children's film starring NBA star Shaquille O'Neil as a genie who emerges from a ghetto blaster. Shaquille is not an actor and this has gained a wide reputation as a bad movie

Director: Paul Michael Glaser

Actors: Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, Marshall Manesh

Category: Fantasy

31 March 19997 June 2026 by Roog

They (2002)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2010Monsters in the Dark

A routine horror about teens that live in fear of creatures that lurk in the dark. Presented by Wes Craven.

Director: Robert Harmon

Actors: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Jon Abrahams, Ethan Embry, …

Category: Horror

9 March 201014 April 2026 by Roog

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 14, 2004Intergalactic Adventures

The sequel to Pitch Black where Vin Diesel's serial killer now becomes the hero of the show and the original planetary survival story is expanded out into an ornate Gothic space opera

Director: David Twohy

Actors: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Alexa Davalos, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 August 200414 January 2026 by Roog

Son of the Mask (2005)

Rating: ★

Sep 16, 2005The Mask Sequel

Sequel to the Jim Carrey starring The Mask with Jamie Kennedy taking over in a film that was regarded as one of the worst sequels of all time

Director: Lawrence Guterman

Actors: Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Steven Wright, Bob Hoskins, …

Category: Fantasy

16 September 20055 September 2024 by Roog

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 27, 2006Space Opera Boardgame

Enjoyable sequel to Jumanji and actually a much superior film in the hands of Jon Favreau. This expands the idea of the Jumanji boardgame that brings things from a jungle to life to a space theme

Director: Jon Favreau

Actors: Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins

Category: Science Fiction

27 January 200624 August 2026 by Roog

One Missed Call (2008)

Rating: ★

Sep 3, 2009Haunted Cellphone Calls

Probably the worst among the mid-2000s fad for English-language remakes of Japanese horror films. Takashi Miike's original is reduced to affectless CGI pop-up scares

Director: Eric Valette

Actors: Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Johnny Lewis, Ray Wise, …

Category: Horror

3 September 200924 August 2026 by Roog

Limitless (2011)

Rating: ★★

Mar 27, 2011Intelligence Expanding Drug

Bradley Cooper in a film about a drug that provides about heightened intelligence. In truth this is a film how becoming a baked drug addict can give you the feeling you can change the world

Director: Neil Burger

Actors: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 March 201127 June 2026 by Roog

Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

Rating: ★★

Sep 5, 2020Time-Travelling Slackers Reach Middle-Age

The two time-travelling slackers are back after nearly thirty years and the film amusingly sees them having reached uneasy middle-age. But was the wait worth it?

Director: Dean Parisot

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 September 202029 October 2024 by Roog