The Burning (1981)
Sep 17, 2000Slasher Film
Shabbily made entry in the 1980s slasher genre. Noted in retrospect for several before they were famous names and being the first producing credit of Harvey Weinstein
Fisher Stevens
My Science Project (1985)
Jan 6, 2006Teenagers Activate Time Vortex Device
Disney film about a group of teens who find that heart of a UFO that opens up a time warp at their high school
Short Circuit (1986)
Jul 5, 2000Cute Robot
Cute robot film that essentially plays out as E.T. with diodes. It gets some laughs and has a some virtuoso effects but as SF this is a film that can only be enjoyed as mindless entertainment
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Apr 19, 2004Cute Robot
Sequel to the cute robot film pushes the cutsie elements to a nauseatingly anthropomorphished extreme, having it spout smartass colloquialisms and erasing even basic credibility
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
May 28, 2000Videogame Adaptation/Evolved Dinosaurs
The first film to be adapted from a videogame and inauspiciously one of the worst. This is a film made on a decent budget that seems to have set out to be as stupid and brainless as possible
Cold Fever (1995)
Aug 14, 2004Quest to Iceland/Magical Realism
Eccentric road movie where a Japanese salaryman travels to Iceland for a funeral ceremony for his parents. Filled with ravishing landscapes and quirkily surreal encounters
Hackers (1995)
May 1, 2004Teenage Computer Hackers
Film that wants to be an expose of the lives of hackers but seems an absurd agglomeration of cliches that stumbles over its own feet trying to establish its counter-culture cool
Movie 43 (2013)
Nov 8, 2013Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits
An anthology of comedy skits that sets out to be in as bad taste as possible – you are left astounded how far a film has to go to offend in this post-South Park era
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Nov 17, 2018Stop-Motion Animation/Talking Dogs
Wes Anderson is at his best when he does stop-motion animation as in Fantastic Mr. Fox and here. Essentially a Disney talking animals animated film where the animals talk like real people, this comes with considerable charm