Tank Girl (1995)
May 5, 2001Post-Holocaust Punkette/Comic Book Adaptation
This is poorly regarded by fans of the original cult comic-book, nevertheless has a zany, anarchic energy and surreal sense of humour that is hard to dislike
Naomi Watts
Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996)
May 1, 2018Pagan Child Cult
The popularity of the Children of the Corn franchise - eleven films spun out of a sixteen page Stephen King story - baffles one. This is the fourth film, its greatest distinction being that it stars a then unknown Naomi Watts
The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
Mar 20, 2010Gothic Thriller
BBC tv adaptation of Gothic potboiler by J. Sheridan Le Fanu with newlywed wife Naomi Watts facing an evil squire and mad women in a big gloomy house
The Shaft (2001)
Jan 16, 2024Killer Elevator
The English-language remake of the Dutch film The Lift about a killer elevator. Starring a then unknown Naomi Watts in a role that would probably embarrass her now
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Oct 21, 2001Hollywood Noir/Surrealism
David Lynch work of Hollywood noir in which novice actress Naomi Watts (in the role that made her name) is drawn into a surreal idenity blurring mystery. As always with Lynch, this baffling, weird and mesmerising
The Ring (2002)
Mar 18, 2003Cursed Videotape/Japanese Horror Remake
This is the English-language version of the Japanese horror Ring and actually a much better and far spookier film, where the new script gives the story more depth
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Feb 25, 2006True Life Psycho
Film in which Sean Penn plays the real-life figure of a man frustrated by the pressures of everyday life who snaps and attempts to fly a plane into the White House
The Ring Two (2005)
Mar 18, 2005Haunting/Possession
Sequel to The Ring, the English-language remake of Ringu. The filmmakers have returned to the source and brought in original director Hideo Nakata only to produce one of the most disappointing of all the Ringu/Ring films
Stay (2005)
Dec 2, 2007Deathdream
Marc Forster film that starts in with a beautifully filmed sense of disquiet mood and eerie reality disjuncts but loses it when it opts for another M. Night Shyamalan twist ending
King Kong (2005)
Dec 15, 2005Giant Ape
Peter Jackson's dream project, a remake of the 1933 film, and his finest work as a filmmaker. Jackson builds the original out considerably and his command of the effects gives us something quite dazzling
Funny Games U.S. (2007)
Oct 26, 2008Sadism and Torture
Michael Haneke's English-language remake of his earlier home invasion film has a sense of pointlessness to it. But in following the original so closely, it also cannot help but work where it did
Dream House (2011)
Nov 4, 2011Haunted House/Reality Bender
Maybe one of the worst cases of a trailer ruining the film by giving away the big mid-film surprise. The film itself is an absurdly contrived Shutter Island copy that has nothing else up its sleeve beyond its big surprise
Movie 43 (2013)
Nov 8, 2013Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits
An anthology of comedy skits that sets out to be in as bad taste as possible – you are left astounded how far a film has to go to offend in this post-South Park era. That and wondering if the producers had kidnapped some of the stars' family members to force them to participate
Insurgent (2015)
Mar 21, 2015Young Adult Dystopian Future
Divergent, the first entry in this Young Adult dystopian series, a poor man's Hunger Games, failed the "I can't hold any suspension of disbelief" test. This offers more of the same, plus lots of random effects sequences
Allegiant (2016)
Mar 26, 2016Young Adult Dystopian Future
The Divergent series is a fundamentally implausible scenario for people that think horoscopes are a profound insight into human nature. This is the most interesting of the films and gives us an imaginative future world
Boss Level (2020)
Mar 20, 2021Timeloop/Action Film
You don’t think the mix of cartoonishly over-the-top action and a Groundhog Day timeloop scenario would work but this proves your assumptions wrong in highly entertaining ways
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
Oct 7, 2022Boys Believe Their Mother Has Been Replaced
The Austrian Goodnight Mommy was one of the most effective horror films of recent years. This is the toned-down English-language remake starring Naomi Watts as the mother
The Watcher (2022)
Oct 28, 2022True Crime/Family Terrorised by a Mystery Letter Writer
Compulsively watchable Ryan Murphy mini-series about a family whose life is torn apart by a sinister letter-writing campaign. A true story that gets far most bizarre than most fiction