What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
What We Do in the Shadows earns its 8.5 by finding a joke the vampire genre had somehow left lying on the ground for a century. What if immortal creatures of the night still had to argue about whose turn…
Filming Location: New Zealand
Films in this library shot in New Zealand, a country whose landscape carried an entire fantasy franchise. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
New Zealand30 Days of Night (2007)
Vampires descend on an Alaskan town facing a month without sunrise. The idea is so good it feels stolen from someone smarter.
New ZealandKrampus (2015)
A dysfunctional family's hostile Christmas attracts the attention of the anti-Santa demon Krampus, who arrives with monstrous helpers. Krampus is Michael Dougherty's 2015 American horror-comedy depicting a dysfunctional family's hostile Christmas attracting the attention of the anti-Santa demon Krampus, who…
New ZealandOldboy (2003)
Park Chan-wook's 2003 Korean revenge film. Peak of Park's vengeance trilogy.
ChinaMulan (2020)
Mulan (2020) is the live-action remake of the 1998 Walt Disney Animation Studios musical. Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin wrote.
ChinaGhost in the Shell (2017)
Ghost in the Shell is the live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga and the subsequent animated films and television series. Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, and Ehren Kruger wrote.
AustraliaX-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Review
Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber's underrated Sabretooth, and the Deadpool handling that damaged the property for years. The 8.5 reflects honest evaluation of the film that proved interconnected superhero cinema could function at scale and the entry that established the commercial…
CaliforniaAvatar (2009) Review
Avatar is a white savior film wearing the costume of environmental progressivism, and the combination is more offensive than either element alone. The Na'vi, despite everything that makes them extraordinary, apparently needed Jake Sully.