Chin Han Archives

2012 (2009)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 14, 2009The End of the World/Disaster Movie

Roland Emmerich mass destruction spectacle loosely based around the supposed Mayan prophecies about the end of the world in 2012. Mostly just an excuse for massively scaled disaster sequences.

Director: Roland Emmerich

Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 November 20095 July 2026 by Roog

Contagion (2011)

Rating: ★★★½

Sep 9, 2011Plague Outbreak

Steven Soderbergh turns to making a plague outbreak film that uncannily predicted a great deal of what happened when Covid-19 struck. A reasonable star cast line-up suborn themselves to a cool sober script

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Actors: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 September 201124 February 2026 by Roog

Restless (2011)

Rating: ★★

Mar 4, 2012Oddball Romance/Ghost Companion

The oddity of an emo romance from indie director Gus Van Sant about an alienated teenager with a ghost companion who falls for a girl dying of cancer. Needless to say, the film's mopey romance between oddball outsiders and Van Sant's aimless improvisational style never quite gel

Director: Gus Van Sant

Actors: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Jane Adams, Chin Han

Category: Fantasy

4 March 201226 February 2025 by Roog

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Rating: ★½

Jul 2, 2016Alien Invasion

Roland Emmerich returns with more of the same. The problem is how to top the first film and here everything is so big and with so much happening that it cannot be taken in and slips into tedium

Director: Roland Emmerich

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Bill Pullman, Jesse T. Usher, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 July 201617 April 2026 by Roog

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Rating: ★

May 13, 2017Live-Action Anime Adaptation/Cyberpunk Future

This US-made live-action adaptation of the cult anime is a disaster on every level. The original's haunting meditation on the dividing line between machine and human is diluted to being no more than a Cyberpunk action film

Director: Rupert Sanders

Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Beat Takashi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 May 201722 February 2026 by Roog

Mortal Kombat (2021)

Rating: ★★

May 1, 2021Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation

A reboot of the film series adapted from the popular videogame. Produced by James Wan, this emerges as a kinetic and enjoyable effort that has clearly designed to introduce an ongoing franchise

Director: Simon McQuoid

Actors: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Mehcad Brooks, …

Category: Fantasy

1 May 202130 May 2026 by Roog

Mortal Kombat II (2026)

Rating: ★★½

May 30, 2026Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation

A sequel to the 2021 revival of the film series based on the videogame and a much more satisfying film than its predecessor. The first film was all origin story, but this plunges us into the actual kombat itself

Director: Simon McQuoid

Actors: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Martyn Ford, …

Category: Fantasy

30 May 202630 May 2026 by Roog