Priest (2011)
May 20, 2011Future World of Vampires
This spends much effort creating an imaginative future where priests battle vampires who are banished to reservations only to do nothing with it other than reach for the tropes of the Western
Lily Collins
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Mar 23, 2012Snow White Adaptation
Tarsem Singh makes a Snow White film. Tarsem's sets, costumes and visuals are expectedly exquisite and extravagant but all is unwound by a campy, unserious approach
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Aug 20, 2013Secret World of Magic Amid the Everyday
A Young Adult fantasy adaptation that hits the screens with a tired seen-it-all-before feeling – of a Harry Potter wannabe having been repackaged with the brooding teen romanticism of the Twilight series. Nothing about the film enthuses, while its director gives it an indifferent handling that fails to animate any of the material
Okja (2017)
Jul 23, 2017Genetically-Engineered Super-Pigs
Boon Jong Ho's version of E.T., albeit one where E.T. is a genetically-engineered pig the size of an SUV, not to mention one with an oddball sense of humour that it is hard to imagine being enjoyed by young age groups
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
May 11, 2019True-Life Serial Killer
Documentary-maker Joe Berlinger makes an exactingly detailed recreation of the Ted Bundy case, while Zac Efron abandons teen pin-up roles and steps into the title role with unnerving likeness
Tolkien (2019)
Aug 2, 2019Fantasy Author Biopic
Biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. This covers many of the key areas of Tolkien's early life but you also cannot help but notice what it leaves out
MaXXXine (2024)
Aug 17, 20241980s Hollywood Psycho Film
Ti West and Mia Goth round out their trilogy of films begun with X with a psycho film set in 1980s Hollywood