Mike Hodges Archives

The Terminal Man (1974)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 5, 2001Neurosurgical Experiment Amok/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Adaptation of a Michael Crichton book about an experimental neurological implant that ends up going amok. This adopts the blinding white-on-white look that has chilling effect in the early hospital sections but stifles the drama when it is extended to the real world too

Director: Mike Hodges

Actors: George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard A. Dysart, Donald Moffatt, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 July 200119 November 2022 by Roog

Flash Gordon (1980)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 20, 2000Campy Space Opera

Dino de Laurentiis climbed aboard the Star Wars fad with this remake of the classic serial. Against expectation, the film's campy tone and eye-popping sets and costumes work and it has become an audience favourite

Director: Mike Hodges

Actors: Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 June 200024 February 2026 by Roog

Morons from Outer Space (1985)

Rating: ★★

Feb 2, 2003Idiotic Alien Visitors/Genre Spoof

Comedy about stupid alien visitors largely construed as a vehicle for popular British comedy duo Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones. Some witty SF in-jokes among a haphazard script

Director: Mike Hodges

Actors: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones, Jimmy Nail, Dinsdale Landen, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 February 200320 February 2020 by Roog

Black Rainbow (1989)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 4, 1999Fake Medium's Abilities Become Real

Enormously underrated film from Mike Hodges with Rosanna Arquette as a fake medium whose abilities start to become real. The quality of writing and Arquette's performance is exceptional

Director: Mike Hodges

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy

Category: Fantasy

4 July 199925 December 2023 by Roog