Don Murphy

Apt Pupil (1998)

Apt Pupil (1998)
Rating: ★★
Jun 30, 1999Nazi War Criminal Gives Lessons in Evil
Early Bryan Singer film from a Stephen King novella about the friendship between a boy and an aging Nazi. While well acclaimed, the film never seems to get its relationship right or communicate the true nature of Nazism’s evils
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From Hell (2001)

From Hell (2001)
Rating: ★★
Oct 21, 2001Jack the Ripper
Disappointing attempt, based on a Alan Moore graphic novel, to depict the Jack the Ripper killings. The film feels over-produced and slides off the cliff by throwing its weight behind one of the more ludicrous and implausible Ripper theories
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 2, 2003Teamup of Characters from Victorian Fiction/Graphic Novel Adaptation
The much hated adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novels. It is undeniable fun watching the crossover between various fictional Victorian characters, while the production design is amazing
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Rating: ★★
Jun 30, 2011Live-Action Transformer Robots
The third of Michael Bay's Transformers films. While the human scenes opt for a ghastly miscalculated sense of humour, the effects houses are at the peak of their game, even if Bay allows them to drag the mass destruction out to a numbing excess
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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Rating: ★★
Jun 28, 2014Live-Action Transformer Robots
Are there any new creative directions that Michael Bay feels he he has to explore for a fourth Transformers film? All the Transformers beating the crap out of each other and copious mass destruction has become hard to tell one of the films from each other
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Vampire Academy (2014)

Vampire Academy (2014)
Rating: ★★
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
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