Jack Frost (1998)
May 15, 2011Man Reincarnated as a Snowman
Bizarre family family in which Michael Keaton returns from the dead as a snowman to be near his family
Mark Addy
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
Apr 23, 2000Prehistoric Comedy/Cartoon in Live-Action
Sequel to the live-action The Flintstones film. Whether we asked for it or not, this offers up a Flintstones origin story where we see familiar pieces of the series fall into place
Down to Earth (2001)
Feb 16, 2001Afterlife Mixup/Race Reversal Comedy
Remake of Heaven Can Wait/Here Comes Mr Jordan as a vehicle for comedian Chris Rock where the heavenly body mix-up now becomes about a black man ending up in a white man's body
The Time Machine (2002)
Apr 9, 2002Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Remake of the classic H.G. Wells novel that comes with the novelty of being directed by Wells's great-grandson. More disappointingly it prefers to merely remake the 1960 film rather than return to the book
The Sin Eater (2003)
Dec 24, 2012Catholic Horror Film
Catholic horror film starring Heath Ledger miscast as a priest that flopped upon release. Despite confusion about how to sell the film, this is a fascinating piece of theological horror that plays out with an unusually strong and original script
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Aug 21, 2014Jules Verne Comedy Adaptation
Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel is turned into a comedy vehicle for Jackie Chan. One of Chan’s biggest flops, an overblown turkey packed with celebrity cameos and replacing Verne’s adventure with incredibly unfunny slapstick
Red Riding (2009)
Jan 31, 2017Hunt for a Serial Killer
Depending on how you saw this, this is either a UK tv mini-series or three separately released films. Taking place over a decade, the three stories have a common locale and overlapping characters in the story of the hunt for a serial killer and the battle against a corrupt police department in Yorkshire
It’s a Wonderful After Life (2010)
Nov 17, 2010Ghosts and Murder Comedy in Little India
A comedy involving murder and ghosts set in London's Little India. An exceedingly lightweight and predictable comedy that never does anything unexpected with its material