Never Let Me Go (2010)
Nov 17, 2010Organ-Harvesting Dystopia
This has a similar scenario to Michael Bay's The Island but also at 180 degree remove - where Bay was loud and bludgeoning, this approaches the idea as a subtle British childhood pastoral
Ella Purnell
Intruders (2011)
Jul 1, 2012Childhood Boogeyman
High hopes for this third film from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo emerge as no more than Boogeyman with shallow artistic pretensions and is a disappointingly middle of the road work
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Aug 17, 2013Superhero Wannabes
A much better sequel that gives the characters a thorough workover while making clever play out of the contrasts of masked superhero and reality that ran through the first film
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Oct 29, 2016Secret Home for "Gifted" Youths
Tim Burton used to be the great hope of fantastic cinema but his efforts since 2000 have been greeted with general disappointment. This Young Adult adaptation plays out like a fantasy version of the X-Men
Army of the Dead (2021)
May 29, 2021Zombie Heist Film
Zack Snyder makes a zombie heist film that if nothing else overspills with interesting ideas and a comic energy that goes along way to forgiving Snyder for trashing George Romero in Dawn of the Dead