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William Hootkins

Biggles (1986)

Biggles (1986)
Rating: ★★
Aug 9, 2000Time Travelling WWI Flying Ace
Time Travelling WWI Flying Acebiggles-19861986Biggles, Captain W.E. Johns' famous flying ace, appeared in a long-running series of boys books. In his big screen film outing. he has the ignominy of playing second fiddle to a young American hero in a Back to the Future copy
Director: John Hough
Actors: Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Peter Cushing, William Hootkins
Category: Fantasy
9 August 200027 November 2025 by Roog

American Gothic (1987)

American Gothic (1987)
Rating: ★
May 3, 1999Family of Psychos
Family of Psychosamerican-gothic-19871987Horror film about a heroine imprisoned by a family who insist on absurdly outmoded traditional values. Mostly an opportunity for the cast, led by Rod Steiger as the family patriarch, to go completely over-the-top
Director: John Hough
Actors: Rod Steiger, Yvonne de Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright, …
Category: Horror
3 May 199916 November 2025 by Roog

Batman (1989)

Batman (1989)
Rating: ★★★★★
Mar 26, 2000Comic-Book Superhero
Comic-Book Superherobatman-19891989The origins of the dark brooding superhero on film. Tim Burton borrows from the graphic novels of the era and gives us a beautiful, stunningly designed film that digs deep inside the psychological recesses of the masks and funny faces
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, …
Category: Fantasy
26 March 20008 November 2024 by Roog

Hardware (1990)

Hardware (1990)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 16, 2003Cyberpunk/Killer Robot
Cyberpunk/Killer Robothardware-19901990Richard Stanley film where killer robot invades and takes over a girl's apartment. Stanley transforms the film into an astonishing vision of pure unfiltered Cyberpunk. One of the most visually dazzling directorial debuts of its day
Director: Richard Stanley
Actors: Stacey Travis, Dylan McDermott, William Hootkins, John Lynch
Category: Science Fiction
16 December 200311 March 2026 by Roog

The Princess and the Goblin (1992)

The Princess and the Goblin (1992)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 14, 2006Animation/Fairytale
Animation/Fairytaleprincess-and-the-goblin-19921992Likeable animated fantasy made for young children
Director: Jozsef Gemes
Actors: Rik Mayall, Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, Roy Kinnear, …
Category: Fantasy
14 August 200622 November 2024 by Roog

Death Machine (1995)

Death Machine (1995)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 27, 2003Killer Robot
Killer Robotdeath-machine-19951995One really good killer robot film, featuring a lethal non-humanoid machine and directed with a ferociity that resembles the best of James Cameron. This has similarities to Hardware that came out earlier
Director: Stephen Norrington
Actors: Ely Pouget, Brad Dourif, William Hootkins, John Sharian, …
Category: Science Fiction
27 February 200317 January 2026 by Roog

The Breed (2001)

The Breed (2001)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 20, 2002Detective and Vampire Partner
Detective and Vampire Partnerbreed-20012001A vampire film with an original premise, a buddy cop film where a vampire and human partner are paired together in a world where vampires are revealing their presence to humans for the first time
Director: Michael Oblowitz
Actors: Bokeem Woodbine, Adrian Paul, Bai Ling, James Booth, Ming Lo, …
Category: Horror
20 June 200223 February 2026 by Roog

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