Hatchet II (2010)
May 15, 2014Slasher Film Homage
Hatchet was a homage to the 1980s slasher film that had a mild amusement. In the sequels, Adam Green upped the number of genre cameos and in-jokes, while pushing the gore effects to an extreme
Tom Holland
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012)
Apr 22, 2024Documentary About the Slasher Film
A documentary about the slasher film, which interviews various directors and actors behind the films about the genre’s origins and rules
How I Live Now (2013)
Nov 15, 2013England Invaded/Outbreak of Nuclear War
While the title suggests a self-help manual about someone going to live off the land, this depicts an imaginary invasion of England similar to Red Dawn having been pitched as a Young Adult work
Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
Feb 29, 2016Found Footage/In Search of a Secret World of Monsters
Adam Green, director of the Hatchet films, makes a Found Footage film about the search for an underground world of monsters. The monsters, when seen, are quite imaginative
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
May 14, 2016War Between Comic-Book Superheroes
Less Captain America 3 than The Avengers 3 – the entire film has been conceived as a massive superheroic punch-up. The results move with an exhilarating pace, but the Russo Brothers haven't yet mastered Joss Whedon's hand with character humour
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Oct 7, 2017Comic-Book Superhero
Sony's reboot of the Spider-Man franchise bursts with a freshness and creative energy. This is also a Spider-Man that has integrated with the MCU with the script kowtowing to Marvel at every point
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Nov 3, 2018Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up
Marvel’s third Avengers film, uniting almost every superhero under their roof, resulting in some thirty characters on screen and a plot that becomes a blur of changing locations and superheroic punch-ups
In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic ‘80s Horror (2019)
Jul 11, 2020Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
An exhaustive documentary that charts in enormous detail every facet of the 1980s horror film, although this is not as exhaustive as it seems to think and leaves some big omissions
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Aug 10, 2019Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up
Marvel conclude the cliffhanger they left Avengers: Infinity War on and offer up a bigger-than-big line-up, overspilling with just about every MCU character to ever appear on screen up to that point
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Sep 28, 2019Comic-Book Superhero
Spider-Man: Homecoming was Sony's Spider-Man reboot where the elements came together with winning regard and Tom Holland's politely eager nervousness made for a fantastic Spider-Man. This was the first sequel.
Spies in Disguise (2019)
Mar 8, 2020Animation/Spy Transformed Into a Pigeon
Animated film that has the madcap premise of a top spy (voiced by Will Smith) transformed into a pigeon. A film that comes with such a level of comedic energy that it makes you think all hope is not lost for Blue Sky Studios, the makers of the interminable Ice Age films.
Onward (2020)
Apr 5, 2020Pixar Animation/Alternate Present Inhabited by Magic Creatures
The 22nd animated film from Pixar and also the least successful (being released only a week before theatrical chains closing down due to Coronavirus). This has an appealingly quirky and original concept not unakin to Bright that takes place in an alternate reality where magic creatures live in a world akin to our own
In Search of Darkness II: A Journey Into ’80s Horror Continues (2020)
May 6, 2024Documentary About the 1980s Horror Film
A follow-up to the documentary about the 1980s horror film, this deals with some of the lesser-known and overlooked works that were not covered the first time around
Dolittle (2020)
Feb 29, 2020Doctor That Can Speak to Animals
This revival of the classic children's character who can speak to animals took a critical battering but I kind of liked it. It has a completely madcap slapstick tone and more crucially returns to the stories and banishes any bad memory of Eddie Murphy
Chaos Walking (2021)
Apr 9, 2021Planet Where Thoughts Are Visible
Doug Liman's adaptation of a Young Adult series that was problem-ridden behind the scenes. This certainly creates an interesting scenario set on a planet where men’s thoughts are visibly manifest
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Mar 19, 2022Comic-Book Superhero
Sony’s Spider-Man franchise ingeniously competes with Marvel’s shared universe by bringing all their previous incarnations of Spider-Man together