The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Jan 12, 2014Daydreamer's Fantasies
Ben Stiller's remake of the unfunny Danny Kaye vehicle about an impractical daydreamer has no more depth than an inspirational postcard and takes a long time to deliver it
Olafur Darri Olafsson
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Nov 7, 2015Immortal Witch Hunter
This seemed to promise something of tv's late lamented Constantine or the first Warlock. Instead what we end up with has been turned into a ponderous effects vehicle for Vin Diesel
The White King (2016)
Jun 5, 2019Future Totalitarian Regime
An acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel about a childhood growing up under Soviet rule is filmed translated to a near-future dystopian setting
The BFG (2016)
Jul 10, 2016Roald Dahl Adaptation/Friendly Giant
Steven Spielberg adapts the Roald Dahl story. Despite the film bombing at the box-office, it is one of considerable charms. Spielberg doesn't produce another E.T. but then he hasn't delivered another Hook either
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Mar 2, 2019Harry Potter Spinoff
The first Fantastic Beasts was a welcome opening up of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe and offered something fresh in the series. This is a more mixed bag where it feels like it is back to business as usual for Rowling
The Meg (2018)
Jan 18, 2019Giant Prehistoric Killer Shark
Big budget about a giant prehistoric killer shark film. This is like a Sharknado film with its sense of its own risibility perfectly under cap, played seriously and mounted as a series of spectacular shark attack sequences