Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Nov 24, 2002Vampire Comedy
An odd mismatch of talent where Wes Craven directs Eddie Murphy as a vampire who arrives in present-day New York. Craven and Murphy seem to drown either;s distinctive voices out
Angela Bassett
Strange Days (1995)
Feb 2, 2003Near Future Social Disorder/The Millennium/Virtual Memories
A Kathryn Bigelow directed Cyberpunk film scripted by James Cameron concerning an illicit technology that can replay memories. This offers a powerful vision of a socially divided L.A. on the eve of the millennium
Contact (1997)
May 25, 2009Communications from Space
Carl Sagan's novel about SETI is inflated into a big budget film determined to impress even though the story did not need it. Sagan's interesting debate about religion and science is emasculated so as not to offend any religious groups
Supernova (2000)
Jan 15, 2000Spaceship Rescues Mutated Killer
The celebrated Walter Hill directs an Alien-inspired film about a mutated killer loose on a spaceship. This was a problem-ridden production that pans out far less interestingly than it promises to be
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Apr 19, 2007Disney Animation/Gonzo Future Family/Time Travel
One of the more enjoyable efforts from the mid-2000s dead zone of Disney animation, this quickly gets demented and emerges like The Jetsons colliding with The Royal Tenenbaums
Green Lantern (2011)
Jun 17, 2011Comic-Book Superhero
This received a lot of bad flak, including from star Ryan Reynolds, but I'm not one of the haters. There is the terrible CGI suit and a miscast Reynolds but it does get a good deal of the comic-book mythos right
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Dec 29, 2018Spy/Action Film
The sixth of the Mission: Impossible films. Not the best of the series but Tom Cruise and associates have everything polished to an expertly honed formula by now and the film is a kinetic ride of intensive and often jaw-dropping action sequences
BumbleBee (2018)
Apr 6, 2019Transformers Spinoff
Spinoff from the Transformers films. As though all it took was a change of director, this is a small sweet film that has more in common with E.T. as opposed to Michael Bay's mass destruction spectaculars
Black Panther (2018)
May 12, 2018Marvel Comics Superhero
The most successful Marvel Comics adaptation of all-time up to that point. Enjoyable if I fall short of calling it the best Marvel film ever and its receiving a nomination for a Best Picture Academy Award
Soul (2020)
Jan 9, 2021Pixar Animation/Man Tries to Return from the Afterlife
Pixar film with a head-scratchingly odd plot but also one of the better efforts of the divided post-2010 period that goes a long way towards recapturing the things they did so well in their heyday
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Feb 11, 2023Marvel Comics Superhero
The MCU’s sequel to Black Panther. This offers the peculiarity of a work in which the superhero of the title never actually appears and is instead set around his absence following the death of Chadwick Boseman
Damsel (2024)
Mar 22, 2024Dragon Fantasy
A dragon fantasy where Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown plays the damsel who sets out to save herself. A fantasy film made for people who don’t like fantasy films
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Sep 13, 2025Spy/Action Film
The eighth of the Mission: Impossible films. The previous entry Dead Reckoning was a high point in the series and this is left wrapping up the storyline in what would appear to be Tom Cruise’s final outing for the series