Black Death (2010)

Black Death (2010)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 20, 2011Mediaeval Journey to a Village of Witches
Powerful film from Christopher Smith set during the Middle Ages about a group on a journey to a village where a priestess can purportedly raise the dead. The film's skewering of faith in an unforgettable ending is stunning

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 17, 2013Superhero Wannabes
I wasn't a huge fan of the original but this sequel is a much better film that gives the characters a thorough workover while making clever play out of the contrasts of masked superhero and reality that ran through the first film. As before, Chloe Grace Moretz owns the film and the scenes of her forced to be a normal girl are hilarious

ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 1, 2014Horror Anthology
Sequel to the hit multi-director anthology has a less high-profile line-up of directors, nor hits the astonishingly perverse heights of its predecessor. As always some entries never do much but the film finds its stride in the last few episodes

Despicable Me 3 (2017)

Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Rating: ★★
Sep 9, 2017Animation/Comic Travails of a Super-Villain
Despicable Me was a delightful debut for Illumination Entertainment but has come close to making the studio a one-hit wonder they have milked that one hit for all they can