Prehysteria! (1993)
Feb 27, 2003Baby Dinosaurs
In the aftermath of the success of Jurassic Park, Albert and Charles Band quickly responded with this children's dinosaur film that contains some of the most pitiful effects in any film of this era
Brett Cullen
Ghost Rider (2007)
Mar 26, 2007Comic-Book Avenger/Demonic Superhero
Film adaptation of Marvel Comics' demon superhero emerges as better than it had the right to be. The risibility of the image of a motorcycle-riding demon hero is made to work through some vivid and way-out effects
Red Dawn (2012)
Nov 21, 2012North Korean Invasion of the USA
The idea of remaking John Milus's ridiculous 1984 survivalist fantasy about a Communist invasion of the USA maybe counts as one of the most absurdly unnecessary of all remakes. The film laughably tries to deal with the absence of a Soviet Union by creating a boogeyman out of North Korea
The Shallows (2016)
Jul 4, 2016Killer Shark/Survival Horror
A killer shark that is less Jaws and more a survival film in the vein of 127 Hours. A well worthwhile effort that uses every cinematic trick in its arsenal to provide a nail-bitingly intense adrenaline workout
Joker (2019)
Dec 28, 2019Comic-Book Super-Villain
This origin story of Batman's Joker is less epic superheroics than a mundanely grounded work about one individual's rage against modern life and alienation that comes closest to Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver
Reminiscence (2021)
Sep 4, 2021Memory Retrieval Device/Future Noir
Lisa Joy, co-creator of tv’s Westworld, directs a work of future noir in an ingenious plot involving a memory recording device and Hugh Jackman obsessed with a missing woman
