Going Postal (2010)
Jul 31, 2010Terry Pratchett Adaptation
A disappointing tv mini-series adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, which has been (largely) played as a straight adventure with the usual Pratchett comedy taking a backseat
Claire Foy
Season of the Witch (2011)
Jan 14, 2011Mediaeval Action Fantasy/Escorting a Witch
Medieavel fantasy action film with Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman assigned to escort a witch who may be able to deliver the land from the Black Plague. The wider moral issues of the film are buried under action and CGI
Vampire Academy (2014)
Feb 8, 2014School for Vampires
One has zero enthusiasm for this, which has been sold as Twilight meets Harry Potter. Defying expectation, it is written with a sarcastic amusement puncturing its own seriousness and has a great performance from its leading lady, if in the end it is too weighted down by story exposition needed to set up its sequels to ever open up dramatically
Unsane (2018)
Oct 12, 2018Woman Wrongly Incarcerated in an Asylum with Her Stalker
Steven Soderbergh shoots a film on an iPhone. Claire Foy is wrongly incarcerated in an asylum only to be followed by a stalker posing as an orderly where her pleas for help taken as evidence of delusion
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
Jul 18, 2026Magical Tree Adventures
Adaptation of a book by famous children’s writer Enid Blyton about a series of adventures in a magical tree. Blyton would be turning in her grave at some of the changes and modernisations