Locusts (2005)
Mar 26, 2026Insects Amok
A formula Syfy Channel film variant on the bugs gone amok film, starring Lucy Lawless as a government official who fights to stop a genetically-engineered swarm of locusts miles wide
Lucy Lawless
Boogeyman (2005)
Apr 11, 2005Childhood Monster
A film that has been construed almost entirely as a series of spooky jumps and hyped suspense scenes with nothing in the way of rhyme, reason or connecting rationale. Produced by Sam Raimi
Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
Jul 5, 2009Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
Animated Justice League film, which adapts a comic-book storyline that reconceived the various DC superheroes as they were back in the era of their original creation
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Dec 28, 2008Bedtime Stories Come True Comedy
An unfunny Adam Sandler film in which he plays a guy whose bedtime stories come true. Sandler regards himself as the funniest guy in the room and doesn't even seem to be making an effort.
The Changeover (2017)
Mar 26, 2018Young Adult/Teen Witch's Journey
Adaptation of a book by NZ author Margaret Mahy. Mahy has a sublimely poetic turn of phrase in the writing but the film strips the book down to the point we get no more than a by-the-numbers Young Adult work
The Spine of Night (2021)
Sep 11, 2022Animation/Adult Fantasy
Surprisingly good animated sword and sorcery film, made with a darker edge and definitely not for children
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Aug 20, 2022Animation/Super-Villain and Cute Mischievous Creatures
The cutely nonsensical Minions have become a pop culture phenomenon. Here we get more of them in the second film outing, although this acts more as a Gru origin story