Home Invasion Thrillerlady-in-a-cage-19641964Home invasion thriller where Olivia de Havilland as a wheelchair-ridden woman brutalised and tormented by three hoodlums
Psycho-Thrillergames-19671967One of the psycho-thrillers made by he great and underrated Curtis Harrington during the 60s/70s. The film draws much from Les Diaboliques, right down to casting its leading lady. Harrington delivers suspense with an expert hand
Expedition to the Mooncountdown-19681968An early Robert Altman film about the planning and launch of a Moon Landing starring then unknown James Caan and Robert Duvall. The most realistic depiction of a space launch up to that point.
Future Ultra-Violent Sportrollerball-19751975Classic work of dystopian SF set in a future where an ultra-violent sport has been created to pacify the masses
Human-Alien Buddy Cop Filmalien-nation-19881988Made not longer after the buddy cop hit of Lethal Weapon, this has a curmudgeonly human paired up with an alien partner. A fairly ordinary cop show plot is boosted by two fantastic central performances
Mar 23, 2026Writer Imprisoned by a Psycho Fan/Stephen King Adaptation
Writer Imprisoned by a Psycho Fan/Stephen King Adaptationmisery-19901990A classic Stephen King adaptation from Rob Reiner with writer James Caan imprisoned by psycho fan Kathy Bates, who gives a terrifying performance that won her an Academy Award
Gonzo Comedy/Man Grows a Third Armdark-backward-19911991A really strange comedy with Judd Nelson as a socially inept man who tries to make it as a stand-up comedy act after growing a third arm out of his back. Audiences scratched their heads and the film bombed
Action/Hi-Tech Weaponryeraser-19961996The publicity machine made a big effort to convince us we were a more serious Arnold Schwarzenegger film but it is business as usual. The spectacular action scenes are frequently undercut by their absurd improbability
Aug 30, 2022Man Whose Dreams Change the World When He Wakes
Man Whose Dreams Change the World When He Wakeslathe-of-heaven-tv-20022002The second film adaptation of conceptually ingenious Ursula Le Guin novel about a man whose dreams change reality when he wakes up
Nov 25, 2003Ungainly Christmas Elf Comes to New York
Ungainly Christmas Elf Comes to New Yorkelf-film-20032003Jon Favreau directed Christmas film premised entirely around the premise of 6'3" Will Ferrell as an ungainly Christmas elf. The film works entirely to the extent one has a tolerance for Ferrell's screen presence.
TV Series Remake/Spy Comedyget-smart-20082008There seems something crushingly redundant about conducting a big screen revival of tv's Get Smart in the era after Austin Powers. The film is a middle-of-the-road comedy that never finds the zaniness of the original
Nov 2, 2009Animation/Inventor Creates Rains of Food
Animation/Inventor Creates Rains of Foodcloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-1-20092009Phil Lord and Chris Miller, later directors of The Lego Movie, create an animated film that is a delight with its nonsensical visions of a town inundated by weather phenomena made of food
Animation/Island of Living Foodcloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2-20132013The original film was a good deal of fun; this sequel feels like it is simply a repeat of the same but slightly different. Still there is a good deal of creativity to the visual puns and living food creatures