The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007)
Jun 25, 2009Baseball Star Returns to His Childhood
The third in a popular series of films about a Little League baseball team, this involves a time travel element
Alexander Ludwig
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007)
Feb 1, 2009Epic Fantasy Adventure
Adaptation of Susan Cooper's popular fantasy series handled by people who have no interest in the material and badly rewrite/mangle it in order try to turn it into a Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings knockoff
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Apr 14, 2009Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Remake
Revival of the Disney Witch Mountain films of the 1970s. Now the films have been dragged into the post-X Files era and flashy effects added to negligible result
The Hunger Games (2012)
Mar 29, 2012Future Televised Human Hunting
A Young Adult box-office hit that does little more than competently shuffle around ideas from other SF films. Jennifer Lawrence makes an impressive showing but the film also soft-pedals the moral reality of its scenario
Final Girl (2015)
Sep 20, 2015Girl Vigilante Turns the Tables on Killers
Not to be confused with The Final Girls that came out earlier this year, this is an extremely original work, neither quite slasher nor a vigilante film, yet turning the expectations of either on their heads
The Final Girls (2015)
Nov 15, 2015Characters Trapped Inside a Slasher Movie/Meta-Fictional Parody
A wittily clever deconstruction of the slasher film where a bunch of contemporary characters are transported inside a 1980s slasher movie where their modern ways proceed to hilariously upset the cliches
Night Teeth (2021)
May 27, 2024Vampire Wars in Los Angeles
This comes with an interestingly large canvas wherein an innocent chauffeur is drawn into wars between secret vampire clans that run Los Angeles
Earth Abides (2024)
Jan 18, 2025After the Apocalypse
Earth Abides is a classic novel that essentially defined the theme of survival in the aftermath of the collapse of civilisation. This is a TV mini-series adaptation of the book but badly fumbles it