Joe’s Apartment (1996)
Apr 27, 2013Singing Cockroaches
Bizarrely off-the-wall film where Jerry O’Connell gets an apartment in New York City and finds he is sharing it with singing cockroaches
Jerry O'Connell
Scream 2 (1997)
Nov 5, 2000Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction
Wes Craven’s Scream was a clever and witty homage to/deconstruction of the slasher film of the 1980s; for the sequel, he and Kevin Williamson naturally turn to deconstructing the slasher sequel
Mission to Mars (2000)
Mar 10, 2000Mars Landing/Alien Artefact
Brian De Palma makes a surprisingly good hard science film about a rescue mission send to save the first manned Mars expedition and their encountering alien artifacts on the planet
Piranha (2010)
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
Scary MoVie (2013)
Apr 23, 2013Genre Spoof
Just when you thought that this witless and unfunny series has died off, it drags itself out of mothballs for another outing. If you've seen any of the other entries, it is exactly the same humour - a bunch of recent movie outings overrun with crude, moronic gags
Space Station 76 (2014)
Jan 4, 20151970s TV SF Parody
This has an irresistible premise – of doing for 1970s tv SF what GalaxyQuest did for Star Trek – parodying the sets, costumes and cliches. On the other hand, the superb conception fails to ever play out as comedy and the film centres around a series of singularly dull personal dramas
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)
Sep 13, 2015Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
Not so much a Justice League film as an Aquaman origin film, which at least conducts a character oft regard as a DC laughing stock with suitable dignity. I'm not a big fan of The New 52 continuity rewrite and this follows suit with fairly middling results
Justice League vs Teen Titans (2016)
Dec 8, 2017Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
One of the DC Universe Original Animated Movies. Though sold as a Justice League film, this principally serves to introduce the Teen Titans to the animated universe. Despite your expectation of a very crowded film, this works well with its juggle of characters
Justice League Dark (2017)
Mar 19, 2017Animation/Team of Occult Superheroes
We are familiar with the Justice League but this gives us an alternate League whose members have supernatural abilities or are versed in dealing with the occult.
The Death of Superman (2018)
Dec 2, 2018Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
The Death of Superman is still is the top-selling comic-book title of all-time after 25 years. This was the first half of a two-part animated adaptation of the storyline, which brings it to life with a fair and reasonable telling
Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Apr 8, 2019Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Second half of the two-part animated adaptation of The Death of Superman, which depicts the aftermath where Metropolis is puzzled over the appearance of four impostors all claiming to be the real Superman
Batman: Hush (2019)
Jul 26, 2019Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Animated adaptation of the classic Batman comic-book story, this places the Batman/Cat Woman relationship centre stage to give her the most substantial workout of any film
Satanic Panic (2019)
Jan 3, 2021Virgin Pursued by Devil Worshippers Comedy
Rather funny comedy about Satanists and a virginal pizza girl who is chased as their intended victim. This comes with a bizarrely akilter sense of humour that reminds of Martin Scorsese’s After Hours
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
May 15, 2020Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
Essentially the DC Comics animated version of Avengers: Endgame where they put every superhero under their roof on screen at once, including Justice League Dark, the regular Justice League, Suicide Squad and Teen Titans
Play Dead (2022)
Feb 11, 2024Sinister Happenings at the Morgue
Bailee Madison takes a drug that fakes death and wakes up at the morgue – only to discover that coroner Jerry O’Connell is running an organ harvesting operation