David Denman Archives

Big Fish (2003)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2004Tall Tales

Tim Burton film where Albert Finney plays a habitual teller of tall tales whose son sets out to find the truth. Burton's characteristic quirkiness seems buried by such a blandness you suspect he has been replaced by a clone of Ron Howard

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, …

Category: Fantasy

9 March 20045 July 2026 by Roog

When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Rating: ★★½

Jun 21, 2006Babysitter Stalked

Passable remake of the 1979 slasher film that streamlines the original and sets it all in amazing designer dream home

Director: Simon West

Actors: Camilla Belle, Lance Henriksen, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, …

Category: Horror

21 June 20063 June 2020 by Roog

The Nines (2007)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 17, 2009Reality Bender

Fascinating directorial debut from screenwriter John August that tells three stories about Ryan Reynolds who gradually makes mind-boggling discoveries about the nature of reality

Director: John August

Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis, Elle Fanning, …

Category: Fantasy

17 July 20096 July 2026 by Roog

Fanboys (2008)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 3, 2010The Lives of Star Wars Fans

Affectionately made road trip film about four Star Wars fans on a journey to break into Skywalker Ranch. Packed with lots of witty fannish in-jokes and cameos, this comes out as enjoyable if broad at times

Director: Kyle Newman

Actors: Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Chris Marquette, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 April 201015 December 2023 by Roog

Shutter (2008)

Rating: ★

Mar 29, 2008Haunted Photographs

An English-language remake of a Thai horror film about haunted photographs. Another by-the-numbers remake that is a pale shadow of its original

Director: Masayuki Ochiai

Actors: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, …

Category: Horror

29 March 20087 October 2021 by Roog

The Gift (2015)

Rating: ★★

Aug 22, 2015Old Schoolfriend Stalker

Blumhouse thriller about an old school friend who inserts himself into the lives of a successful couple and proceeds to stalk them. This produces several effective twists but ultimately feels too mannered

Director: Joel Edgerton

Actors: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman, …

Category: Horror

22 August 20153 March 2026 by Roog

Power Rangers (2017)

Rating: ★

Jun 24, 2017Teen Power-Suit Superheroes

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with its ridiculous rubber monsters and dementedly over-the-top acting as one of the key pop culture phenomena of the 1990s. The question is what audience do producers possibly think that there might be for a dark and gritty cinematic reboot?

Director: Dean Israelite

Actors: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, R.J. Cycler, Ludi Lin, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 June 201729 October 2023 by Roog

Brightburn (2019)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 12, 2019Superhero Gone Wrong

The rather interesting idea of Superman retold as a horror movie featuring a character that is Superman in all but name who goes over to the dark side instead of becoming a paragon of truth, justice and the American way

Director: David Yarovesky

Actors: Jackson A. Dunn, Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Meredith Hagner, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

12 July 201921 November 2025 by Roog

Greenland (2020)

Rating: ★★

Feb 19, 2021Disaster Movie/Comet on a Collision Course with the Earth

There seems something redundant in 2021 with the world in the grip of a very real apocalypse about watching an old-fashioned mass destruction disaster movie about an oncoming comet impact

Director: Ric Roman Waugh

Actors: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Scott Glenn, Roger Dale Floyd, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 February 20211 March 2026 by Roog