Lost Souls (2000)
Oct 13, 2000Demonic Possession
Steven Spielberg's regular cinematographer Janusz Kaminski takes the director's chair and conducts a modest and effective revival of the 1970s occult/Anti-Christ film
Ben Chaplin
Murder By Numbers (2002)
Sep 14, 2002Forensic Psychology Thriller
Thriller with Sandra Bullock as a burned-out detective investigating two teenagers who have decided to commit a murder as an experiment in amorality
The Water Horse (2007)
Jan 19, 2008Loch Ness Monster
Earnestly made family film from Walden Media in which a young boy finds an egg that grows into the Loch Ness Monster
Dorian Gray (2009)
Jan 28, 2011Eternally Youthful Libertine
Beautifully produced version of the Oscar Wilde story about a libertine who becomes immortal by transferring his soul into a portrait. This easily stands out as one of the best film versions of the story to date
Twixt (2011)
Jan 26, 2013Ghost Story/Vampire Film
Francis Ford Coppola makes what may be a ghost story or a vampire film but things are so confused you are never sure what. Less like the mature work of one of the great American filmmakers than an ingenue effort from director straight out of film school with a head full of muddled pretensions
Cinderella (2015)
Mar 14, 2015Fairytale Adaptation
Live-action remake of the Disney animated film. This varies little from the well-worn elements of the story to the point of over-familiarity but director Kenneth Branagh manages a lush and beautifully staged effort