Hitman (2007)
Dec 15, 2007Videogame Adaptation/Action
Disappointing film adaptation of the videogame from Xavier Gens that comes with unremarkable action scenes, a script filled with holes and Timothy Olyphant miscast as Agent 47
Olga Kurylenko
Max Payne (2008)
Oct 19, 2008Videogame Adaptation/Vigilante Cop
Based on the popular videogame, this is fairly much Death Wish by way of Jacob's Ladder and proves an underwhelming delivery of its promise
Oblivion (2013)
Apr 19, 2013Post-Holocaust Deserted Earth/Conceptual Breakthrough
This falls short of being a great science-fiction film by a hairs breadth. Not the big space/action film it was sold as, more a Philip K. Dickian conceptual breakthrough film that seems to have borrowed large chunks of its set-up from Moon
The Water Diviner (2014)
May 22, 2015Post-World War I Drama/Magical Realism
Russell Crowe turns director and, as is the case with actors turned director, feels the need to take up an epic historical subject – the aftermath of World War I (albeit with some Magical Realist elements). Crowe wields all the epic flourish and polish, even if the film never truly moves one
Vampire Academy (2014)
Feb 8, 2014School for Vampires
One has zero enthusiasm for this, which has been sold as Twilight meets Harry Potter. Defying expectation, it is written with a sarcastic amusement puncturing its own seriousness and has a great performance from its leading lady, if in the end it is too weighted down by story exposition needed to set up its sequels to ever open up dramatically
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Jun 15, 2019Delusionary Modern-Day Quest
This has been called the unluckiest film ever made - there is even an entire documentary devoted to the collapse of a prior version. Here Terry Gilliam's film about people on delusional quests finally emerges with the glory he always intended it to be
Mara (2018)
Oct 26, 2020Sleep Paralysis Demon
Olga Kurylenko deals with a demon that appears to those affected by sleep paralysis. Another sleep paralysis horror film that only tepidly dips into the subject
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Feb 11, 2021Incompetent Spy Comedy
Rowan Atkinson in his third outing as the inept spy. Atkinson is a talented comic but these Johnny English films, which are like less sophisticated versions of Peter Sellers’ Inspector Closeau, are the least of his comedy incarnations
The Room (2019)
Dec 21, 2019House With a Room That Answers Wishes
Not to be confused with Tommy Wiseau's bad movie classic. This comes from Christian Volckman who made an impressive debut a few years ago with the animated Cyberpunk film Renaissance. Moving to live-action, this creates an air of unspeakable dread as a couple buy a house that has a hidden room that can manifest anything they wish for
Black Widow (2021)
Jul 17, 2021Marvel Comics Adaptation
The first MCU film to emerge since the Great Pause of the pandemic, the question is whether one of the least interesting characters in The Avengers can carry a film all by herself
Thunderbolts* (2025)
Jul 12, 2025Comic-Book Superheroes
This offering from the MCU was one of the lowest grossing, but it a good deal more likeable than many other recent entries, emerging as a sort of earthbound Guardians of the Galaxy Lite
Afterburn (2025)
Jun 19, 2026Post-Apocalyptic Action
Action film with Dave Bautista as a treasure hunter retrieving items in a post-apocalyptic world. Directed by a former stuntman, this plays much to the action element with little else of substance