No Escape (1994)
Jun 19, 2000Future Prison/Action
Big-budget action film that essentially rewrites Papillon in SF terms. Martin Campbell has a good eye for widescreen action but the film is only drawn in cliches.
Jack Shepherd
The Golden Compass (2007)
Dec 27, 2007Epic Fantasy Adventure
The attempt to create another Lord of the Rings went astray with this adaptation of Philip Pulllman's fantasy series, which cut many of the core elements of the books so as not to offend religious conservatives