Street Fighter (1994)

Street Fighter (1994)
Rating: ★★
May 22, 2001Videogame Adaptation/Action Team
Based on the popular videogame, you cannot complain that this is exactly what you expect – wall-to-wall action, comic-book heroes and villains. The complaint might be that the action is never particularly enervated and the film lacks anything beyond that

Angels in America (2003)

Angels in America (2003)
Rating: ★★★★★
Jan 6, 2005Surreal AIDS Drama/Angelic Visitations
Stunning tv mini-series adaptation of Tony Kushner's award-winning play about the impact of the AIDS crisis on gay culture in the 1980s, which becomes a surreal fantasy filled with appearances of angels and ghosts

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Rating: ★★
Jan 6, 2005Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House/Musical Adaptation
The long-planned film adaptation of The Phantom musical emerges as disaster under Joel Schumacher. The Phantom's presence has all been watered down and the film exists as no more than a series of scenographic poses

The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (2006)

The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (2006)
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Sep 1, 2007Egyptian Archaeology Adventure
TV mini-series that turns the discovery of Tutankamun's tomb into an Indiana Jones adventure. Only this has been made post-The Mummy films and so everything is played with a constant barrage of one-liners and action sequences so silly you can't take any of the show seriously

Chemical Wedding (2008)

Chemical Wedding (2008)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 18, 2015The Reincarnation of Aleister Crowley
Ostensibly about occultist Aleister Crowley reincarnating in the present, this overflows with mad ideas involving quantum physics, VR, alternate worlds and a heap of classic references – and moreover, is written by the lead singer of Iron Maiden

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
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Mar 5, 2018Charles Dickens and the Writing of A Christmas Carol
Among the fad for biopics about writers and the origins of famous stories, this, about Charles Dickens and the creation of A Christmas Carol, is the most lunatic – and that's not counting the blatant lie of the title