Dan Stevens

The Turn of the Screw (2009)

The Turn of the Screw (2009)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 31, 2014Psychological Ghost Story
A BBC adaptation of the classic oft-filmed Henry James ghost story in which we cannot be sure whether the ghosts are real or exist inside the heroine's imagination. This treats some aspects of the story liberally but gets the essence of the story right
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The Cobbler (2014)

The Cobbler (2014)
Rating: ★★
Aug 23, 2017Cobbler Turns Into the Person Whose Shoes He Puts On
Adam Sandler does more acting than usual in the story of a shoemaker who transforms into the wearer whenever he puts on a pair of shoes. A throwaway premise that attracts a surprisingly high-profile cast
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Rating: ★
Jan 24, 2015Museum Exhibits Come to Life
The third entry in a franchise that seems to be stretching to find anything to do with its premise beyond the first film. Everyone involved seems to have only turned up to collect a paycheque and be going through the motions in a show that entirely coasts by solely on your familiarity with the characters
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Colossal (2016)

Colossal (2016)
Rating: ★★★
May 7, 2017Woman's Actions Are Mimicked by a Giant Monster
Nacho Vigalondo film with a head-scratchingly wacky premise – Anne Hathaway finds that a giant monster mimics her movements. Vigalondo plays this surprisingly seriously and spins it through some appealing twists
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Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Rating: ★★★
May 27, 2017Fairy-Tale/Disney Live-Action Remake
This live-action remake of the Disney animated film is mounted with a lavishness. On the other hand, the romance at the centre never fully warms up, while the human characters have the show stolen from under by the cutlery and furnishings
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The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Rating: ★
Mar 5, 2018Charles Dickens and the Writing of A Christmas Carol
Among the fad for biopics about writers and the origins of famous stories, this, about Charles Dickens and the creation of A Christmas Carol, is the most lunatic – and that's not counting the blatant lie of the title
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The Rental (2020)

The Rental (2020)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 21, 2021Guilty Secrets and a Lurking Psycho on a Weekend Getaway
James Franco’s younger brother Dave makes a very impressive directorial debut in a taut psycho-thriller of sharp adept twists about two couples whose weekend getaway is torn asunder by guilty secrets and a lurking psycho
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