Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Apr 12, 2003Surreal Musical Comedy
Woody Allen makes a musical. It is Allen in a much lighter mood than he was in the early 1990s and the film comes with some appealingly eccentric and often downright surreal touches
Edward Norton
Fight Club (1999)
Oct 20, 1999Brawling Clubs/Anarchist Revolution/Split Personality
David Fincher tackles Chuck Palahniuk's novel about secret brawling clubs. Maybe the only major studio film with an openly anarchist manifesto. Brilliant, incendiary, all over the map plotwise and thoroughly unique
Red Dragon (2002)
Nov 1, 2002Hannibal Lecter Prequel
Following the success of the Hannibal Lecter films, Dino de Laurentiis smartly repackaged Thomas Harris's earlier novel as a Hannibal Lecter prequel
The Illusionist (2006)
Apr 19, 2007Enigmatic Stage Magician
This came out the same year as The Prestige and has a very similar plot with Edward Norton as a stage magician in 19th Century who may have real powers and the rivalry over a woman
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Jun 15, 2008Comic-Book Adaptation/The Rampaging Monster Within
Sequel to the Ang Lee Hulk with Edward Norton inheriting the roles of Bruce Banner. Ang Lee gave the first film a visual brio but this often seems by the numbers
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Nov 2, 2009World Where Nobody Lies
Ricky Gervais co-directs and stars in a comedy set in an alternate world where everybody tells the truth and he discovers he is the one person who can lie and how this proceeds to change the world
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Aug 9, 2012Spy Action Film
A reboot of the Jason Bourne series with Jeremy Renner replacing Matt Damon. The exhiliratingly kinetic action scenes are watered down, while the plot lacks the same focus. The first of the series to enter genre territory however
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Apr 9, 2017Inspirational Drama/Fantastic Twist
Gigantic flop starring Will Smith and a reasonable cast line-up that has the most ridiculous screenplay ever written. Mostly a positive inspirational drama about grief but does definitely arrive at a bizarre fantastical ending
Sausage Party (2016)
Aug 20, 2016Animation/Talking Supermarket Produce
The most demented premise of the year – an animated film about the lives of the talking produce in a supermarket. This is crude, rude and guaranteed to offend (as might be expected from a Seth Rogen penned vehicle); it is also one of the funniest and cleverest films of the year
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Nov 17, 2018Stop-Motion Animation/Talking Dogs
Wes Anderson is at his best when he does stop-motion animation as in Fantastic Mr. Fox and here. Essentially a Disney talking animals animated film where the animals talk like real people, this comes with considerable charm
Asteroid City (2023)
Jul 21, 2023Retro 1950s Comedy/Alien Visitor
Wes Anderson’s quirky individualistic films can be an acquired taste. This is set in a stunningly designed retro 1950s town as various oddball characters intersect in between the appearance of an alien visitor