Coneheads (1993)

Let's address the elephant in the room: Yeah, they look like butt plugs. Based on the popular SNL sketch, Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin reprise their roles as aliens from the planet Remulak who crash land on Earth and whose cover is that they're from France to explain their eccentricities. It's a one-note joke, but never short on creativity, and the practical effects are weird and cool. This one is an oddity, which makes it appealing to fans of bad media. It's the kind of bizarre approach that reminds me of The Addams Family at times. Jam-packed with so many bit parts from SNL alumni, I had to leave out half of the credits.

2½ rows of teeth out of 5

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [1990]

Sticking to the darker tone of Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman's original comics, Jim Henson's Storyteller director Steve Barron makes a pretty decent live-action film out of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  

It's packed with goofy one-liners, plenty of kicks & punches and general all around silliness that one would expect based on it's subject material.  The voice actors involved provide some great work, particularly the always entertaining Josh Pais as Raphael, however it's Elias Koteas as Casey Jones that chews up any scene he's in.  From a nostalgic point of view it's perfect, from a critical point of view it's a bit of a mess but still pretty damned entertaining for what it is.

3 lost sais out of 5