Lady in a Cage (1964)
Apr 2, 2002Home Invasion Thriller
Home invasion thriller where Olivia de Havilland as a wheelchair-ridden woman brutalised and tormented by three hoodlums
James Caan
Games (1967)
May 25, 2016Psycho-Thriller
One 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
Countdown (1967)
Dec 15, 2001Expedition to the Moon
An 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.
Rollerball (1975)
Feb 2, 2001Future Ultra-Violent Sport
Classic work of dystopian SF set in a future where an ultra-violent sport has been created to pacify the masses
Alien Nation (1988)
Jul 8, 1999Human-Alien Buddy Cop Film
Made 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
Misery (1990)
Mar 23, 2026Writer Imprisoned by a Psycho Fan/Stephen King Adaptation
A 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
The Dark Backward (1991)
Feb 19, 2015Gonzo Comedy/Man Grows a Third Arm
A 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
Eraser (1996)
May 23, 2003Action/Hi-Tech Weaponry
The 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
Lathe of Heaven (2002)
Aug 30, 2022Man Whose Dreams Change the World When He Wakes
The second film adaptation of conceptually ingenious Ursula Le Guin novel about a man whose dreams change reality when he wakes up
Elf (2003)
Nov 25, 2003Ungainly Christmas Elf Comes to New York
Jon 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.
Santa’s Slay (2005)
Dec 22, 2023Demonic Santa Claus
Christmas horror film with wrestler Bill Goldberg playing a demonic version of Santa Claus
Get Smart (2008)
Jul 27, 2009TV Series Remake/Spy Comedy
There 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
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Nov 2, 2009Animation/Inventor Creates Rains of Food
Phil 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
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Sep 27, 2013Animation/Island of Living Food
The 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