Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
Rating:
Nov 22, 2012Videogame Adaptation/Sinister Otherworldly Town
Dull and unimaginative Silent Hill sequel that only revisits what went before. The first film had an unsettling and uncanny otherworldly atmosphere but in being made for 3D, the sequel reduced it no more than pop-up Clive Barker

Seventh Son (2014)

Seventh Son (2014)
Rating: ★★
Feb 8, 2015Epic Fantasy/Monster Hunter's Apprentice
Harry Potter, The Hunger Games et al have been object lessons in how to properly adapt a Young Adult series; this could be considered a lesson how not to – take a book series about an apprentice witch hunter set in an alternate England and turn it a generic Lord of the Rings copy

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Rating: ★★
Apr 20, 2019Animation/World of Dragons
One of the most beautifully made formula animated films of recent vintage but at the end of the day no more than a film that is by the numbers where the artistry is unsupported by the banal script