Tagged: Joe Dante

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1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Science Fiction

Explorers (1985)

Another Spielberg-ian family film from director Joe Dante, although unlike his previous film, Gremlins, it isn’t produced by Steven Spielberg’s production house, despite it being obviously influenced in its wide-eyed sense of discovery, optimism, and...

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1980s / Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction / Thriller

Innerspace (1987)

Another screwball genre flick from director Joe Dante, and like most of his films, the set-up is solid, but the climax makes the plot come unhinged with non-stop madness and mayhem.  Luckily, by the...

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1980s / Comedy / Thriller

The ‘burbs (1989)

For all of Joe Dante’s talent, I think he needs to get someone else to direct the final half hour of his films.  Like Gremlins, Innerspace and Small Soldiers, Dante delivers expertly in the set-up for The ‘burbs, only...

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1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction

Small Soldiers (1998)

The son of a small toy store owner (Smith) wants to make his father (Dunn) a profit while he’s away so he decides to stock some new toys early. These new toys are action figures which...

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1980s / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror

Gremlins (1984)

In Gremlins, an inventor (Axton, We’re No Angels) buys a strange but infinitely cute pet for his son (Galligan, Waxwork) while in a small curio shop in the Orient. This creature is called a “Mogwai” and caring for it...