AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Rating: ★★
Oct 4, 2004Alien/Predator Series' Crossover
Beginning as fan mill speculation, 20th Century Fox finally brought their Alien and Predator franchises together on the screen here. The result is an okay effort in the hands of Paul W.S. Anderson, even if it never has the grueling intensity of the early entries in either series

The Day of the Triffids (2009)

The Day of the Triffids (2009)
Rating: ★★
Jun 19, 2010The Downfall of Civilisation/Lethal Plants Amok
Disappointing tv mini-series remake of the John Wyndham novel about England overrun by killer plants. This abandons most of the book's sociological portrait for cliche melodramatics

Snowpiercer (2013)

Snowpiercer (2013)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 19, 2014Train Containing the Last Survivors of Humanity
One of the most original science-fiction films of recent years. Set aboard a train where the last survivors of humanity circle a frozen globe, this is less an action film than something like Runaway Train turned into a unique conceptual breakthrough story, all rent through with a fierce parable about social revolution

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Rating: ★★
Feb 28, 2013Fairytale Adaptation/Epic Fantasy
A decade ago Bryan Singer was the great white hope of fanboy cinema but then seemed to lose his touch. This attempt to turn Jack and the Beanstalk into an epic fantasy does nothing to reverse that – the result feels exactly like a piece of formula studio product that could have been made by any hired director