The Fades (2011)

The Fades (2011)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 14, 2015Teen Can See the Dead/Apocalytic Resurrection
An underrated mini-series – sort of the anti-Supernatural. This creates a highly original afterlife mythology and some great characters arcs, while overspilling with wry nerdish in-humour

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

Watership Down (2018)

Watership Down (2018)
Rating: ★★★½
Apr 19, 2019Animation/Talking Rabbit Quest
BBC tv mini-series remake of the classic Richard Adams novel about talking rabbits on a quest. To get it over with, the animation is not the high-end quality that we have been spoiled with by Pixar et al. On the other hand, what remains is an excellent faithfully told version of the story

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Rating: ★★★½
Aug 19, 2023Animation/Comic-Book Superhero
The animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse proved an unexpected success. This sequel ups the artistic quality of the original to something quite extraordinary