Neil (2005)
Dec 31, 2005Astral Projection Experiments
Film that assembles interesting a number of SF elements and twists but is killed by its delivery as a pretentious indie film
Greg Bryk
Saw V (2008)
Oct 31, 2008Killer's Sadistic Games
Fifth of the Saw films. By now the series has developed such a complicated backstory it is difficult following how it all pieces together
Screamers: The Hunting (2009)
Jul 17, 2010Evolved Androids/Planetary Survival
Disappointing sequel to the modest original that does little but revisit and re-run the first film's scenario with little to add to it
Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010)
Jun 16, 2013Werewolf Film
Syfy Channel film that seems to offer the intriguing premise of a Modernised Little Red Riding Hood but only deals with this in the vaguest ways. Otherwise this is a standard werewolf film and contains maybe the crappiest CGI wolf transformation scenes ever
Immortals (2011)
Nov 19, 2011Greek Myth
A venture into Greek myth retelling the story of Theseus and the labyrinth. Tarsem Singh, a director with a visually extraordinary eye, lavishes everything on the sets and costumes. One film of the 3D overkill fad that needs to be seen in 3D
Rabid (2019)
Oct 26, 2019Parasitic Skin Graft
The Soska Sisters take on remaking the classic David Cronenberg film about a woman with a blood-drinking skin graft who leaves a trail of rabid victims. The sisters smartly update the original, bringing a host of new ideas to bear
Ad Astra (2019)
Dec 14, 2019Mission to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System
In the same vein as Gravity and The Martian, this depicts spaceflight with scrupulous scientific regard. Essentially Apocalypse Now in space with Brad Pitt on a mission to Neptune to find his father who has gone rogue
Code 8 (2019)
Sep 13, 2021Superpowered Heist Film
One of the few original, non-comic book based superhero films of the 2010s set in a world where those with powers are treated as a minority. This is essentially a heist film but with the addition of super-powers
Bloodthirsty (2020)
Feb 28, 2022Female Werewolf
Promising film about an ingénue singer under the control of a Svengali-esque record producer who is struggling against giving in to her true werewolf nature