Lena Headey

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Rating: ★★
Jul 3, 2007Fairy-Tale Authors' Adventures
Probably the least satisfying of Terry Gilliam's films that turns the real-life fairytale authors into scam ghost hunters in an adventure. Purportedly the subject of behind the scenes troubles, the film never quite comes to life on screen
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300 (2007)

300 (2007)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 19, 2007Fantasticised Historical Battle/Graphic Novel Adaptation
Zack Snyder's adaptation of the classic Frank Miller graphic novel about the Greek battle of Thermopylae. In replicating the look of the original's panels, Snyder pushes what would otherwise be a standard historical film into something extraordinarily stylised and fantastic
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Dredd (2012)

Dredd (2012)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 12, 2013Comic-Book Adaptation/Future Law Enforcement Officer
A second film version of the Judge Dredd comic-book. More faithful than the Sylvester Stallone version, this comes with a satisfyingly visceral kick, yet a low-budget means that we see little of Dredd's satiric future
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The Purge (2013)

The Purge (2013)
Rating: ★★
Jun 8, 2013Future That Permits One Night of Lawlessness
Film based around the improbable concept of a future where on one night of each year all crime including murder becomes permissible. While this promises a rich vein of satire, the film only emerges as a variant on Straw Dogs
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Rating: ★★
Aug 20, 2013Secret World of Magic Amid the Everyday
A Young Adult fantasy adaptation that fells a Harry Potter wannabe repackaged with the brooding teen romanticism of the Twilight series, all under a director whose indifferent handling fails to animate any of the material
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300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 8, 2014Fantasticised Historical Battle
Less a 300 sequel or prequel than a parallel story, this offers much the same as before but in 3D and with naval instead of land combat. Seeing Zack Snyder's amazing visuals repeated all over again, all the poses and hyper-masculinity now seem to bubble with an inherent risibility.
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2014)

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2014)
Rating: ★★
Feb 24, 2014Victorian Young Adult Adventure
Yet another adaptation of a series of Young Adult fantasy books that failed to fly. The idea of an Indiana Jones-type adventure set in Victorian England holds promise but the film only sporadically manages to let the adventure fly
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 7, 2016Jane Austen Retold with Zombies
Based on the book that led a publishing phenomenon in which literary classics are mashed up with monsters, this has the difficult balancing act – that of making Jane Austen's Regency romance sit alongside zombies – nevertheless manages to play both with an impeccably straight-face
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