Idaho Transfer, directed by Peter Fonda in 1973, was pretty shit. A team of scientists working on a matter teleportation device discover they've actually invented a time machine and after jumping forwards they witness a planet-scrubbing ecological disaster so they decide to send some under 21's farther into the future to try and rebuild society. There's some decent ideas here and a few glimpses of a much better film but it's smothered by atrociously bad acting and some really tiresome whiny hippys. Instead of remaking classics like Robocop why don't they polish this turd into something better.
Irish horror film Dorothy was also disappointing, pitched I guess as a cross between The Wicker Man and The Exorcist it's another missed opportunity. A psychiatrist is sent to a small island to examine a very troubled kid and the locals aren't too happy about it. The acting is competent and there's some nice scenery on show but it isn't scary and soon drifts into churning out cliches and much silliness.
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