Clash of the Titans (2010)
Apr 3, 2010Greek Mythology Adventure
Heavily disappointing remake of the Ray Harryhausen film where the replacement of Harryhausen's stop-motion animation with CGI fails to achieve any magic
Nicholas Hoult
X: First Class (2011)
Jun 5, 2011Comic-Book Superheroes/Origin Prequel
An X-Men origin story that serves as the occasion to recast the series with younger actors. This works far better than the previous two films, integrating the characters in a strong story, although is quiet at the superheroic action
Warm Bodies (2013)
Feb 13, 2013Zombie Romantic Comedy
The idea of a Twilight copy where the lead male is a zombie seems an utterly lame idea before one sat down to watch this. That said, the film manages to make its peculiarly incongruous mix of teen romantic film, zombie film and comedy work for it
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
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
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
May 25, 2014Comic-Book Superheroes
It is nice to see Bryan Singer regain his form after several years lull. The plot is nothing world-shattering but it is nice to see a character-driven X-Men, while Singer delivers the superheroics with a cheer-out loud elan that most of the sequels missed by a wide margin
Young Ones (2014)
Dec 15, 2014Drought-Ridden Future
Not to be confused with the cult British comedy series, the anonymous title disguises an excellent film about a drought-ridden future. Less another Mad Max-inspired film than an SF version of There Will Be Blood that becomes a study in greed, ambition and the fight for resource control
Equals (2015)
Jul 17, 2016Dystopia
Dystopian film about a future where emotion is forbidden – this owes much to George Lucas's THX 1138, right down to the blinding white-on-white look. The film is also hobbled by a non-acting Kristen Stewart
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
May 16, 2015Post-Holocaust Action
30 years in the making and the results are sensational,one of the best films of the year. An action film so relentlessly foot-to-the-floor and full of kinetic wildness that it blows all its contemporaries away and sets the bar anew, while the vision of the future it creates is something utterly out of this world
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Jun 11, 2016Comic-Book Superheroes
The seventh X-Men chapter arrives with a certain ennui. Bryan Singer creates some epic scenes but the sprawling ensemble and the series' ragged continuity makes it hard to invest in the characters, while the new villain looks like a B movie wizard and the mass destruction climax comes surprisingly by the book
Watership Down (2018)
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
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
Sep 7, 2019Comic-Book Superheroes
Despite the bad press surroundings this, I failed to find it as bad as other reviewers. It's a solid if not standout entry in the series with some fine superheroic action sequences
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
The Menu (2022)
Jan 14, 2023Fine Dining and Horror
Hilariously black horror comedy that works as a sublime satire of fine dining – with a nasty sting underneath
Renfield (2023)
May 12, 2023Dracula’s Manservant
Twilight fairly much killed the vampire film. This is the first of two big-budget offerings of 2023 that aims to turn that around
Nosferatu (2024)
Feb 1, 2025Nosferatu Remake
Robert Eggers of The Witch fame conducts a remake of the classic silent Nosferatu that comes drenched in mood and period detail
Superman (2025)
Sep 6, 2025Comic-Book Superhero
James Gunn’s almost completely successful reboot of the cinematic Superman, the first film perhaps that comes with a total confidence in the comic-book source and where Gunn is not afraid to be goofy