The Darkest Hour (2011)
Jan 20, 2012Alien Invasion
An alien invasion film set in Moscow. This is nothing more than a special effects vehicle about how the culturally self-absorbed twentysomething computer geeks and party girls save the world
Joel Kinnaman
RoboCop (2014)
Feb 14, 2014Cyborg Cop
I have to admit despite all the bad feeling for this, I liked it. While what went on in terms of the man inside the machine was cut and dried in the original, this has been shifted to give us a "the soul of Robocop" story . Moreover, the original's biting satire of 1980s corporations and politics has been smartly updated to tackle some big 2010s issues
Child 44 (2015)
Aug 31, 2015Serial Killer Thriller Set in the 1950s Soviet Union
This offers one of the most fascinating settings for a detective story - the Soviet Union at the height of Stalinist oppression - and borrows the story of true-life Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo
Suicide Squad (2016)
Aug 13, 2016Team-Up of DC Comics Super-Villains
This team-up of C-list DC super-villains proved a surprise hit. The script is all over the place but Margot Robbie owns the screen as the gleefully insane Kewpie Doll gone wrong Harley Quinn
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Aug 14, 2021Team-Up of DC Comics Super-Villains
James Gunn takes over the Suicide Squad franchise and welcomely rescues it from the dud first screen outing