A Lobster Tale (2006)
Jan 17, 2010Magical Realism/Miracle Healing Moss
Set in a nowhere New England town where fisherman Colm Meaney discovers a moss with miracle-healing properties. Sort of a Magical Realist version of The Shipping News
Cliff Saunders
Outlander (2008)
Jan 8, 2011SF Version of Beowulf
Retelling of the epic legend of Beowulf in SF terms where Grendel becomes an alien monster
Shazam! (2019)
Jul 6, 2019Comic-Book Superhero
Adaptation of the superhero comic is played for comedy, making it very different in emphasis to the other films in the DCEU. The boy into man transformation is played up as essentially Big with superpowers - with appealing results