Popeye (1980)
Apr 19, 2007Gonzo Comic-Strip Adaptation
Robert Altman's adaptation of the Popeye comic-strip starring Robin Williams has become widely regarded as a turkey but Altman's eccentricity makes for a by no means unenjoyable film
Robin Williams
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
Jun 3, 1999World's Greatest Liar's Absurdist Adventures
Terry Gilliam's adaptation of the adventures of the world's greatest liar was another problem ridden Gilliam production that emerges as an absurd, colourful spectacle filled with a dizzying greatness of imagination
The Fisher King (1991)
Sep 14, 2002Modern-Day Grail Quest
Terry Gilliam's finest moment, a modernised knightly quest where radio dj Jeff Bridges is dragged into helping homeless man Robin Williams find the Holy Grail. A film made by its performances and warm and eventually soaring characterisations
Hook (1991)
Mar 9, 2000Grown-Up Peter Pan
Steven Spielberg's long-planned live-action version of Peter Pan emerges as a sequel that asks the question "What would happen if Peter Pan grew up?" Unfortunately, the results are not one of Spielberg's better films
Dead Again (1991)
Nov 6, 2000Reincarnation Thriller
Kenneth Branagh breathes life into the creaky reincarnation thriller with a plot that crackles with tension, while he directs with a virtuoso showmanship that shouts style from every frame
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Apr 4, 2010Environmentally Aware Animation
Animated film where fairies face the threat to their forest posed by a logging operation. Preachy message-making that is all but a recruitment film for Greenpeace and the Sierra Club
Toys (1992)
Feb 18, 2002Toy-Maker Wars/Gonzo Fantasy
Genuinely eccentric Barry Levinson film that plays out as a post-Reaganite version of Willy Wonka and features some of the most amazing sets ever designed for a film.
Aladdin (1992)
Jul 3, 1999Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure
Popular hit among the 1990s renaissance of Disney animation, this is a glib work that allows the original story to be overrun with hip-jokes and Robin Williams being Robin Williams
Jumanji (1995)
Dec 31, 2001Chaos-Unleashing Boardgame
Popular Robin Williams hit about a boardgame that unleashes jungle-themed chaos in a small town. A cute idea that ultimately becomes an incredibly safe fantasy
Hamlet (1996)
Aug 14, 2004Shakespeare Adaptation/Ghosts and Madness
Kenneth Branagh emerged as an director with his dynamic cinematic Shakespeare adaptations. In this lavish production, he attempts no less than a definitive version of what is regarded as Shakespeare's greatest play
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
Dec 20, 2003Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure
The second of two video-released sequels to Disney's Aladdin that brings back Robin Williams as the genie and goes madcap with the pop culture jokes
Flubber (1997)
Jan 1, 2000Absent-Minded Professor Remake
Remake of Disney’s The Absent-Minded Professor where the charms of the original are buried under an excess of twee - where the professor now gets a cute robot assistant and the flubber becomes sentient and highly imitative
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Apr 17, 1999Writer's Self-Analysis Comedy
A Woody Allen film in which he plays a writer on his way to receive an award. The film drifts in and out of a series of vignettes and stories he has written, including a number of fantastic interludes, with highly amusing effect
What Dreams May Come (1998)
May 16, 1999The Afterlife
Vincent Ward is one of the least recognised great directors in the world. Here he creates an extraordinary vision of the afterlife in which he employs CGI to create a world that resembles classic artworks brought to life
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Dec 21, 1999Robot Gains Self-Awareness/Isaac Asimov Adaptation
Isaac Asimov may not have been the best science-fiction writer ever but his stories buzzed with challenging ideas. In the hands of Chris Columbus, one of Asimov's robot stories is reduced to mawkish sentimentalism
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) (2001)
Jun 29, 2001Android Boy’s Quest
Steven Spielberg directs an unfinished Stanley Kubrick project about an android boy's quest. The result is a beautiful and intelligent SF film where the sensibilities of either director merge with magnificent results
Insomnia (2002)
Sep 14, 2002Alaskan Psycho-Thriller
Christopher Nolan's second film, an English-language remake of a Norwegian thriller. The action is relocated to Alaska and gets the addition of Robin Williams as a serial killer but the result emerges far less effective than the original
One Hour Photo (2002)
Nov 12, 2002Psycho Stalker
Robin Williams gives a creepy performance as a one hour photo employee with stalkery tendencies who becomes obsessed with a family
The Final Cut (2004)
Sep 3, 2005The Editing of Memory
Fine and underrated Sf film set in a future where memory recording devices are commonplace with Robin Williams as a man whose job is to edit these for funeral services
Robots (2005)
Apr 11, 2005Animation/Cute Robots
Enjoyably likeable animated film from Blue Sky Studios set in a world inhabited by robots. Lots of visual invention and madcap slapstick
Happy Feet (2006)
Feb 11, 2007Animation/Talking and Dancing Penguins
George Miller of Mad Max fame makes a motion-capture animated film about a young penguin who sets out to fulfill his dream of tap-dancing. This ends up being a film of unexpectedly winning charms
Night at the Museum (2006)
Feb 11, 2007Museum Exhibits Come to Life
Popular family hit with Ben Stiller as a night watchman at New York’s Museum of Natural History who discovers that the exhibits come to life at night. More a cute idea than a full film, there is some fun to the characters and effects
Night at the Museum 2 (2009)
May 24, 2009Museum Exhibits Come to Life
Sequel to the Ben Stiller hit offers more of the same with a bigger museum and more exhibits come to life but little else
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Nov 19, 2011Animation/Talking and Dancing Penguins
George Miller had a charming and delightful hit with his dancing penguin film Happy Feet. He returns to make a sequel here that merely tries to repeat the same
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Jan 24, 2015Museum Exhibits Come to Life
The third entry in a franchise that seems to be stretching to find anything to do with its premise beyond the first film. Everyone involved seems to have only turned up to collect a paycheque and be going through the motions in a show that entirely coasts by solely on your familiarity with the characters