Fiona Shaw

Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Rating: ½
May 28, 2000Videogame Adaptation/Evolved Dinosaurs
The first film to be adapted from a videogame and inauspiciously one of the worst. This is a film made on a decent budget that seems to have set out to be as stupid and brainless as possible
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Rating: ★★
Nov 18, 2001Young Wizard
The first of the Harry Potter films. The first is the weakest and lumbers due to being placed in the hands of the perpetually banal Chris Columbus who allows visual effects wow and simplistic emotional cues to dominate
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Rating: ★★
Dec 6, 2002Young Wizard
The second of the Harry Potter films and better than its predecessor. Chris Columbus has his tendency to overblown effects more in check but that does leave the film more dependent on J.K. Rowling's contrived deus ex machina plotting
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 11, 2007Young Wizard
The fifth and in my opinion the best of the Harry Potter films. It is the first film where we see the darkening of emotions and the children growing up as storm clouds gather. Much of the show is stolen by Imelda Staunton
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The Tree of Life (2011)

The Tree of Life (2011)
Rating: ★★★★½
Jun 4, 2011Lost American Childhood/The Evolution of Life on Earth
Terrence Malick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, maybe the best work yet about the great Lost American Childhood yet - a film that doesn't seem to be about anything but has far more to say than almost all other multiplex films
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