It (1990)

It (1990)
Rating: ★★★½
Jun 10, 2016Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster
Stephen King adapted mini-series – the second ever and one of the best. A dark take on the great American Coming of Age tale, Tim Curry makes an unsettling Pennywise (in doing so popularising the figure of the killer clown) and the show is uncommonly good at its disturbing blurrings of reality and illusion

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 14, 1999Spy Movie Spoof
The second of the Austin Powers films is less sharp in its parody of the James Bond film and more focused on a series of broad scatological gags. Mike Myers owns the show in a trio of entertainingly gregarious performances

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Rating: ★★
Apr 19, 2004Ghostbusting Team/Cartoon in Live-Action
Sequel to the live-action Scooby-Doo, this is at least a better film than its predecessor, being more polished in its slapstick and effects but still has no more ambition beyond being a silly no-brain film

Delete (2013)

Delete (2013)
Rating:
Jan 20, 2015Artificial Intelligence Amok
I was anticipating this for two reasons – one, it was the return of the talented Steve Barron after a decade's absence and secondly in that it was shot in my own backyard (literally). Disappointingly, all we get is a work that unimaginatively rehashes the hoariest cliches about amok A.I.s

Holidays (2016)

Holidays (2016)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 7, 2016Horror Anthology
Another in the spate of horror anthologies from various directors with each episode here being set around a holiday. As with these films, some of the episodes work well, some end with a puzzled WTF and most somewhere in between

A Disturbance in the Force: How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)

A Disturbance in the Force: How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 15, 2023Documentary About The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special has a legendary awfulness in Star Wars fandom - least of all that George Lucas has done all in his power to quash its existence. This is a documentary about what happened