Bailey’s Mistake (2001)
Jun 6, 2009Magical Realism
Strange Disney tv movie in which widow Linda Hamilton moves to a small town where the people seem able to do magic
Jesse James
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Apr 19, 2004Alternate Timelines
This was dismissed at the time because of its star Ashton Kutcher but is a surprisingly good film in which Kutcher finds the ability to travel back in time and alter his past
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Jun 3, 2005Haunted House/"True Story"
Remake of the 1979 film that still persists with the claim that the Amityville hoax was true. This embellishes the rather dull original with the baggage of trick effects of the modern horror film
Jumper (2008)
Feb 23, 2008Mental Teleportation Abilities
Doug Liman makes a film that has a great concept – a secret world of people with the mental ability to teleport anywhere – that emerges as no more than a slickly polished effort that does nothing with its premise