Supergirl (1984)

Supergirl (1984)
Rating:
Jul 5, 2000Comic-Book Superheroine
The Christopher Reeve Superman films started superbly but became wrecked by the producers' insistence on the insertion of comedy element. Here they turn their attentions to Superman's cousin Kara whose screen debut is derailed by a horrendously overacting Faye Dunaway

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Rating: ★★½
Oct 28, 1999Photos of Fairies/"True Story"
A nicely produced film based on the true-life Cottingley Fairies hoax in the 1920s where two girls produced photos supposedly of fairies that convinced some people. Despite the original being a hoax, the film wants to convince us that the fairies were real

Phantoms (1998)

Phantoms (1998)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 25, 2003Evil Force Takes Over a Small Town/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation
One of the best and most underrated Dean R. Koontz adaptations, which creates eerie atmosphere out a town where the residents have disappeared due to what is revealed as a uniquely different creature

Ratatouille (2007)

Ratatouille (2007)
Rating: ★★★½
Sep 9, 2007Pixar Animation/Talking Rat Chef
The eighth film from Pixar and Brad Bird's follow-up to the hit of The Incredibles. Telling the story of a rat that becomes a gourmet chef, this is slightly the lesser among the high standard that Pixar have set nevertheless still immensely enjoyable