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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
Rating: ★★
Apr 16, 1999Funky Inventor Hero vs Alien Invaders
An object lesson in how to create an instant cult film – exceedingly eccentric, a commercial failure at the box-office, it instantly receiving a fan clique – all without it ever being a particularly great film
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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 18, 2007Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Pilot for the excellent Bruce Timm Superman animated tv series of the mid-1990s. This retells the Superman origin story, keeping great faith to the comics, while adding some fantastic action scenes
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Flubber (1997)

Flubber (1997)
Rating: ★★
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
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The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest (1998)

The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 4, 2000Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation
Film crossover between the 1990s Batman and Superman animated tv series from Bruce Timm. The script does an interesting job in playing the characters, their secret identities and principal villains off against each other
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The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
Rating: ★★½
Dec 20, 2000Disney Animation
One among the series of cheap video-released sequels to their animated films that Disney made during the 1990s/2000s, this slavishly imitates its predecessor but does have a likeable line-up of supporting characters
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The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 27, 2017TV Series Spinoff/Gonzo Animation
Spongebob Squarepants was a sleeper hit on the Nickelodeon Channel that crossed over to find an adult following; this is the first of the film spinoffs. The film comes with a zanily surreal sense of humour that ran through the series that is frequently downright hilarious
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John Dies at the End (2012)

John Dies at the End (2012)
Rating: ★★★★
Nov 13, 2012Reality-Expanding Drugs/Gonzo Supernatural Investigators
Phantasm series director Don Coscarelli returns with this mind-expanding effort that seems a conceptual collision between Donnie Darko, Limitless, a slacker version of Supernatural and Marvel Comics' Dr Strange. Maybe the best mind-tripping fun it is possible to have without the use of illegal substances
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Sparks (2013)

Sparks (2013)
Rating: ★★
Sep 5, 2014Superhero Film
Low-budget superhero that co-opts the cod-film noir look from Sin City. Alas the film has an excessively sprawling and complicated plot, while the film noir style looks like no more than cheap pastiche reduced to cliche poses by well-meaning amateurs
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Warcraft (2016)

Warcraft (2016)
Rating: ★★
Jun 18, 2016Computer Game Adaptation/Epic Fantasy
I had two main problems with the film of the computer game – firstly, with all the gameplay edited out, what we are left with is a third hand rehash of the basics of Tolkien. Secondly, it looks like a giant CGI cartoon where almost anything interesting about the world has been sidelined in favour of fantasy action
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Rating: ★★
Feb 3, 2018Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero
The third of the MCU's Thor films. This time Kiwi director Taikia Waititi gives much more of a comedic emphasis where you get the impression the intention has been to push the film in the direction of Guardians of the Galaxy. On the other hand, the superheroics are routine
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Lady and the Tramp (2019)

Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Rating: ★★
Nov 23, 2019Disney Animation in Live-Action/Talking Animals
The Disney firesale goes on where it now seems the studio's policy to leverage anything that was ever a success and endlessly throw it back at us. The latest iteration of this is of their animated films being rehashed in live-action. At which the best compliment you can pay this remake of the 1955 film is that it is at least better than The Lion King
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In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)

In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)
Rating: ★★
May 6, 2024Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
A follow-up to the documentary about the 1980s horror film, this deals with some of the lesser-known and overlooked works that were not covered the first time around
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In Search of Tomorrow: A Journey Through ’80s Sci-Fi Cinema (2022)

In Search of Tomorrow: A Journey Through ’80s Sci-Fi Cinema (2022)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 25, 2022Documentary About 1980s SF Films
A documentary that comes with great affection for the SF films of the 1980s and covers these, along with interviews with key people
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