The Ward (2010)

The Ward (2010)
Rating: ★★
Jun 16, 2011Haunted Asylum
John Carpenter returned to the director's chair after more than a decade but failed to light the world on fire. Carpenter makes what you could call a ghost story version of Girl, Interrupted. The scares are tame and the film is hamstrung by an improbable M. Night Shyamalan twist ending

Girls Against Boys (2012)

Girls Against Boys (2012)
Rating: ★★
Dec 12, 2019Two Girls Go on a Killing Spree Against Men
In the vein of films like I Spit on Your Grave and especially Baise-Moi, two girls go on a killing spree against rapists and asshole men. Undeniably interesting but this gets sabotaged by the film's gaping moral blindspots

Time Lapse (2014)

Time Lapse (2014)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 5, 2015Camera That Photographs the Future
A perfect example of a film carried by the ingenuity of its concept – a camera that takes photos 24 hours into the future – told with a superb tightness of economy – two sets and mostly three actors (largely unknowns) – and some wonderfully contorted twists