Sole Survivor (2000)

Sole Survivor (2000)
Rating: ★★
Mar 19, 2010Mysterious Plane Crash/Psychic Powers/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation
Dean R. Koontz adapted mini-series about plane crash survivors and psychic powers that comes with a series of wild twists that the script fails to offer adequate explanation for

ParaNorman (2012)

ParaNorman (2012)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 16, 2012Stop-Motion Animated Children's Film/Kid Sees Dead People
Stop-motion animated children's film from Laika that demonstrates a willingness to be scary. The film starts to move out of the amiably likeable after around the halfway point when it begins to play a number of horror tropes against expectation to deliver a reasonable message about fear and prejudice

The Tall Man (2012)

The Tall Man (2012)
Rating: ★★★½
Nov 25, 2012Child Abducting Boogeymen/Conceptual Reversal Twister
Pascal Laugier returns with this fascinating effort about a small town subject to child abductions by a possible boogieman. A film that is as blatantly manipulative as it is ingenious in its way-out twists and turns where everything we assume is going on at the outset is eventually turned completely on its head