Star 80 (1983)
Apr 30, 1999Real-Life Playmate Murder
Bob Fosse's riveting biopic of murdered Playmate Dorothy Stratten with Eric Roberts giving his best performance ever
Roger Rees
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Dec 25, 2024Miser’s Redemption
Well-made and extremely faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens’s perennial Christmas story starring George C. Scott as Scrooge. This brings out story elements other versions skip over
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
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
Jun 25, 2009Experimental Medical Treatments
This feels like a weepie Disease of the Week drama where Elijah Wood is an amnesiac placed in a hospital ward of terminal patients before the film arrives at an SF conceptual twist
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
May 15, 1999Shakespeare Adaptation/Fairy Enchantments
Amid Kenneth Branagh's dynamic cinematic revival of Shakespeare in the 1990s, there was this all-star adaptation of Shakespeare's whimsy about fairy enchantments. An okay adaptation but it is eclipsed by other superior versions of the story
The Scorpion King (2002)
Apr 23, 2002Sword and Sorcery
Back when Dwayne Johnson was still a wrestler and billing himself as The Rock, this was a forgettable sword and sorcery effort spun off from his appearance in The Mummy Returns. For the lightweight effort it is, it has surprisingly enough spun off multiple sequels
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)
May 5, 2021Surreal Mock Biography
The third and final of Peter Greenaway’s Tulse Luper films, a sprawling mock biography that is more like a mad multi-media art installation than a film, filled with digressions, endless lists and obscure jokes
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: From Vaux to the Sea (2004)
Apr 5, 2018Surreal Mock Biography
The second part of Peter Greenaway's massive multi-media installation, a surreal mock biography dominated by Greenaway's fascination with nonsense lists. Gorgeous to look it, visually busy but does it make for an interesting or even dramatically engaging a film?
The Prestige (2006)
Nov 30, 2006Rival Victorian Stage Magicians
Christopher Nolan directs a beautiful period piece with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as rival Victorian stage magicians. The film is an elegantly crafted Hall of Mirrors and illusions, capped by sterling performances from all involved
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006)
Nov 10, 2006Lazy Talking Cat
Where the first live-action Garfield film approximated the original comic-strip and its focus on a cat delivering sarcastic lines, this sequel pitches everything down to the level of an inane children's film
The Invasion (2007)
Sep 9, 2007Invasion of the Body Snatchers Remake
Fourth film version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers that badly miscues many key scenes and is missing the paranoid mood of the original(s)