The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
Oct 20, 2009Victorian Children's Fantasy Film
Beautifully filmed Victorian-set fantasy in which orphan Dakota Blue Richards moves to her uncle's estate and discovers the magical secrets it holds
Augustus Prew
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Jul 31, 2010Teenager Can See the Dead
A banal Zac Efron starring attempt to rewrite The Sixth Sense for the mopily sensitive teenage Gothic Chick Lit audience weaned on Twilight with Efron as a cemetery groundskeeper who talks to the dead
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Aug 17, 2013Superhero Wannabes
A much better sequel that gives the characters a thorough workover while making clever play out of the contrasts of masked superhero and reality that ran through the first film
High-Rise (2015)
Oct 17, 2015Residents of an Apartment Block Revert to Barbarism/J.G. Ballard Adaptation
Ben Wheatley's adaptation of J.G. Ballard's novel about the residents of a high-rise apartment block and their descent into barbarism. The film is rich with biting social allegory and is Wheatley's most accomplished to date