The Traveler (2010)

The Traveler (2010)
Rating: ★★
Oct 3, 2013Mysterious Stranger
This has the intriguing hook of casting 1990s teen heartthrob Val Kilmer as a supernaturally empowered mysterious stranger. It soon becomes apparent that the film is a variant on Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter. After blowing its twist soon in, the film only proceeds to a desultory ending

The Cobbler (2014)

The Cobbler (2014)
Rating: ★★
Aug 23, 2017Cobbler Turns Into the Person Whose Shoes He Puts On
Adam Sandler does more acting than usual in the story of a shoemaker who transforms into the wearer whenever he puts on a pair of shoes. A throwaway premise that attracts a surprisingly high-profile cast

Colossal (2016)

Colossal (2016)
Rating: ★★★
May 7, 2017Woman's Actions Are Mimicked by a Giant Monster
Nacho Vigalondo film with a head-scratchingly wacky premise – Anne Hathaway finds that a giant monster mimics her movements. Vigalondo plays this surprisingly seriously and spins it through some appealing twists

Singularity (2017)

Singularity (2017)
Rating:
Nov 26, 2017Giant Robots Obliterate Humanity
John Cusack as a super-villain unleashing an army of giant robots against humanity – what's not to like? Well maybe the entire film, which fails to leave no Machines Amok cliche unturned. Cusack gives a performance through gritted teeth no doubt at the atrocious dialogue he has to utter

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Rating: ★★★
May 11, 2019True-Life Serial Killer
Documentary-maker Joe Berlinger makes an exactingly detailed recreation of the Ted Bundy case, while Zac Efron abandons teen pin-up roles and steps into the title role with unnerving likeness