The Medusa Touch (1978)
Sep 16, 2005Psychic Powers
Film in which hospital patient Richard Burton seems able to will terrible things to happen with psychic powers
Michael Byrne
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Feb 15, 2001High Adventure/Holy Grail Quest
Third of the Indiana Jones films. This comes with all the breakneck action sequences and Sean Connery doing a fine comic turn as Indiana's irascible father but also plays to a much greater slapstick emphasis
Apt Pupil (1998)
Jun 30, 1999Nazi War Criminal Gives Lessons in Evil
Early Bryan Singer film from a Stephen King novella about the friendship between a boy and an aging Nazi. While well acclaimed, the film never seems to get its relationship right or communicate the true nature of Nazism’s evils
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Apr 2, 2006Revisionist Arthurian Legends
TV mini-series based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's book that offers a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends, telling the story through the eyes of the women of the saga
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Aug 25, 2002Nuclear Terrorism/Tom Clancy Adaptation
Fourth of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan films, which performs a confusing continuity reset to recast the role with the younger Ben Affleck. The film's release was delayed by 9/11, which makes the plot about nuclear terrorism on US soil seems absurdly tame in retrospect
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
Apr 3, 2010Vampire Battles Demons/Action
Live-action English-language remake of the anime short about a demon-hunting vampire girl. The original is reduced to no more than a series of slick by-the-numbers action poses
Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
Aug 3, 2016Nazi Zombies
Outpost was a solid and reasonably effective rehashing of the Nazi zombie theme; this was the first of two sequels. The first had a formula that seems difficult to mess up but this does – it's over half the film before we get zombies after which we get Just the Same As Before and little more
Lightfields (2013)
Jul 8, 2014Ghost Story Across Multiple Eras
British tv mini-series ghost story that takes place across three different eras – in 1944, 1975 and 2012. More of a mystery than a scare show but drawn with a beautifully wistful feel for place and time