Black Knight (2001)
Nov 25, 2001Modern Man in Mediaeval Times Comedy
An uncredited adaptation of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court with Martin Lawrence as a hip modern African-American man thrown back to Mediaeval times
Vincent Regan
300 (2007)
Apr 19, 2007Fantasticised Historical Battle/Graphic Novel Adaptation
Zack Snyder's adaptation of the classic Frank Miller graphic novel about the Greek battle of Thermopylae. In replicating the look of the original's panels, Snyder pushes what would otherwise be a standard historical film into something extraordinarily stylised and fantastic
Bathory (2008)
Aug 8, 2011Historical Countess Bathory Story
Lushly made retelling of the Countess Bathory story, one that tries to make an interesting if historically questionable case that she was kind to servants and a misunderstood victim
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Apr 3, 2010Greek Mythology Adventure
Heavily disappointing remake of the Ray Harryhausen film where the replacement of Harryhausen's stop-motion animation with CGI fails to achieve any magic
Lockout (2012)
May 5, 2012Future Orbiting Prison/Action
Luc Besson written action-prison film that blatantly borrows from Escape From New York. An entertaining comic-book of a movie, even if its depth exists no further than Guy Pearce tossing off flip one-liners
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
May 31, 2012Adult Fairytale Adaptation/Epic Fantasy
The second of 2012's Snow White films after Mirror Mirror, this turns the fairytale into an epic fantasy. Well produced but ultimately a film that lacks anything unique nor pushes far enough into the dark fantasy it promises to be
Eat Locals (2017)
Jun 26, 2019Vampire Film
A vampire film directed by actor Jason Flemyng set around a group of vampires at siege in a farmhouse from a unit of vampire hunters. The vampire film is looking a little tepid post-Twilight era and this does little to turn the genre around
Dark Encounter (2019)
Jun 28, 2022UFOs and Alien Abduction
A modestly effective film about UFOs and alien abductions. This follows familiar paths to other films but is conducted with a quite reasonable degree of atmospheric
War of the Worlds: The Attack (2023)
Nov 12, 2023Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation/Young Adult
The idea of H.G. Wells’ classic alien invasion novel rewritten with a Young Adult focus makes you cringe but the idea works in its own way
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Feb 10, 2024Comic-Book Merman Superhero
The sequel to the DCEU’s Aquaman reaches for epic effects spectacle, although the character of Aquaman undergoes a substantial shift and is now given more of a comedy playing