Meet Joe Black (1998)
Jul 16, 1999Death Falls in Love
Ponderous big screen remake of Death Takes a Holiday where Death in the form of Brad Pitt comes to Earth, engages in a romance
Jake Weber
The Cell (2000)
Aug 18, 2000Journey Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer
The dreamscape film was given extraordinary life by Tarsem Singh in his directorial debut who transforms a fairly ordinary script with visuals and costuming that is out of this world
Wendigo (2001)
Apr 9, 2001Backwoods Stalking/Native Indian Spirit
Early film from Larry Fessenden about a family and a Native American spirit. Much brooding build-up but not much payoff (*)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Jun 15, 2004Zombies
Zack Snyder debuts with a remake of the cult George Romero film. While this has a bigger budget, it is missing is the satire and gore-drenched effects that made the original memorable. This inspired the mid-2000s zombie film revival
Chained (2012)
Jun 30, 2013Serial Killer and His Young Companion
Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David, makes an extraordinary work about the relationship between a serial killer and his young male companion. A film that eschews big dramatics with startling effect. Vincent D'Onofrio gives one of his best performances
The Beach House (2019)
Jul 17, 2020Fog Brings Environmental Mutations
Fine film in which a young couple's idyllic getaway to the title location becomes a nightmare as the ocean produces a fog that starts to create mutations
What Josiah Saw (2021)
Feb 20, 2023Southern Gothic
This is a superbly written and directed work of Southern Gothic that consists of three interwoven tales that gradually expose dark family secrets