City of Angels (1998)
Apr 14, 1999Angel Romance
In undergoing a Hollywood remake, Wim Wenders' exquisitely lovely angel fantasy Wings of Desire becomes a weepy romance with angel Nicolas Cage wooing Meg Ryan
Andre Braugher
Frequency (2000)
Apr 30, 2000Cross-Time Radio Communication
Intelligent and well written film where freak weather conditions allow a son to communicate with his late father by radio across thirty years in time. Where the film starts to get interesting is when this creates unexpected changes in the present
‘Salem’s Lot (2004)
Jul 11, 2007Town of Vampires/Stephen King Adaptation
TV mini-series remake of the Stephen King novel, this fails to hold a candle to the earlier 1979 version
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Jun 25, 2007Comic-Book Superheroes
The 2005 Fantastic Four was an amiable entry among the Marvel Comics adaptations of the 2000s. This sequel substitutes lowbrow comedy and renders the great character of the Silver Surfer as a CGI cartoon
The Mist (2007)
May 25, 2009Creatures in the Fog/Stephen King Adaptation
Frank Darabont delivers one of the best Stephen King adaptations where the story of people at siege in a supermarket from unseen creatures in a mystery fog outside becomes a study in fear and prejudice. With one of the great unforgettable endings
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Jun 15, 2008Virus from Space/Michael Crichton Adaptation
TV series remake of Michael Crichton's novel about the attempts to contain a viral outbreak from space. Crichton's story was a straightforward work, whereas the mini-series has been absurdly overburdened with other plots
Passengers (2008)
Feb 18, 2015Haunted Plane Crash Survivors/Deathdream
Well-cast, nicely made film that seems to be setting out as a supernatural variant on Fearless, which had Jeff Bridges as a reinvigorated plane crash survivor, only to fall apart in a groan-worthy twist ending that has become tediously overused in recent years
Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Jul 22, 2021Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
One of the best of the DC Universe Original Animated Movies under the greatly underrated Lauren Montgomery. This serves to introduce Supergirl and Jack Kirby’s Fourth World