First Born (1988)
May 27, 2025Gorilla-Human Hybrid
Standout tv mini-series that updates old mad scientist clichés into the era of Jane Goodall as scientist Charles Dance creates a human/gorilla hybrid child and tries to raise it
Gabrielle Anwar
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
Jun 19, 2005Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld
This was the third of the four BBC tv adaptations of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books. The tv versions treats the books with quite reasonable faithfulness but suffer from extremely cheap looking effects
If Looks Could Kill (1991)
May 23, 2003Teenage Spy/Spy Spoof
Way back before Austin Powers, the James Bond/spy movie parody began here with this silly effort in which teenager Richard Grieco is propelled into an international spy caper
Body Snatchers (1993)
Feb 12, 2002Invasion of the Body Snatchers Remake
Abel Ferrara's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an overlooked film that settles in with an undeniable creepiness that is just as effective as the earlier versions. The metaphor for the pod people is more diffuse in this one but that does not mitigate the film's effect
Mysterious Island (2005)
Oct 9, 2008Desert Island Survival/Giant Animals
Hallmark tv mini-series adaptation of Jules Verne's desert island drama featuring no less than Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo. This sinks badly amid incredibly shoddy giant animal digital effects
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines (2006)
May 23, 2023Adventure Film
The second of The Librarian films with Noah Wyle as an Indiana Jones-modelled adventurer in search of mythical artefacts
The Marsh (2006)
Jan 1, 2009Haunted House
Okay ghost story in which Gabrielle Anwar rents a haunted farmhouse. Forest Whitaker turns up as a neighbouring occult expert