Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Rating:
Feb 18, 2017Vampire-Werewolf War
I am at a loss to understand who the audience for the Underworld films is – they are films devoid of minimal requirements like plotting and seem to only exist as a series of forgettable action sequences and interchangeable Gothic poses by characters in black leather – and yet we keep getting more of them

How It Ends (2018)

How It Ends (2018)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 16, 2018Mysterious Catastrophe/Journey Across an Anarchic Countryside
Concerning a catastrophe of never-explained nature, this follows two men – Theo James and a bad-ass Forest Whitaker – across a landscape where society is visibly collapsing

Zoe (2018)

Zoe (2018)
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May 5, 2019Android Relationship Film
Films about androids and artificial intelligence have taken off in the 2010s. This comes produced by Ridley Scott who made Blade Runner, the defining classic on the theme; on the other hand, it ends up in the hands of a director who specialises in relationship dramas

London Fields (2018)

London Fields (2018)
Rating: ★★
Jul 6, 2020Near Future/Femme Fatale/Precognitive Dream
Based on an acclaimed book, once to be directed by David Cronenberg. This opened to bad reviews but is not uninteresting. A near future setting, precognitive dreams and Amber Heard as a sizzling femme fatale