Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) Review
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A film adapted from a theme park queue that had no business being good. Depp built a character the studio…
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ActionMortal (2019) Review
Mortal is what a superhero origin story looks like when the director comes from Norwegian horror cinema instead of from American comic book adaptation. Both films treat supernatural material as if it were happening in a country that has actual…
ActionThe Last Witch Hunter (2015)
2015 Breck Eisner fantasy action with Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter protecting modern New York from witches. The Last Witch Hunter is Breck Eisner's 2015 American fantasy action film.
ComedyClick (2006)
Click is Frank Coraci's 2006 American fantasy comedy. The work attempts dramatic content that Sandler's commercial comedy filmography rarely accommodates.
DramaMeet Joe Black (1998)
Brest's 1998 three-hour fantasy drama. Anthony Hopkins plays William Parrish, a media mogul approaching his sixty-fifth birthday.
AnimatedCool World (1992)
Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne. The disastrous attempted Who Framed Roger Rabbit follow-up.
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FantasyArtemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material.
ComedyMichael (1996)
Nora Ephron's 1996 angel comedy with John Travolta. Gentle commercial work that uses spiritual material as premise instead of substantial engagement.
AnimatedHeavy Metal (1981)
Multiple animation studios contributed individual segments under different supervising animators. The film made approximately twenty million dollars on a nine million dollar budget.
ActionMortal Kombat (1995)
Anderson directed in what amounted to a launching pad for his subsequent career in genre cinema. The film made approximately one hundred and twenty-three million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.
ComedyThe Mask (1994)
Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a meek bank clerk in Edge City who finds an ancient Norse mask that, when worn, transforms him into a green-faced, zoot-suited cartoon character with reality-bending powers. The film is a Tex Avery cartoon translated into…