Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Apr 11, 2005Urban Siege
Fair-to-reasonable remake of John Carpenter's low-budget 1976 film about a handful of staff in a police station under siege from gangs outside. Much of the original has undergone change
Aisha Hinds
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Dec 31, 2007Serial Killer
Overlooked effort where Kevin Costner, in a surprisingly dark and undeniably effective turn, plays an everyday man who has a dark side as a serial killer. A very impressively outing on all levels
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (2019)
Aug 24, 2019Giant Monster Bash
Follow-up to the 2014 US-made Godzilla. This introduces other monsters from the Japanese series and tries to create a shared universe. However, when the film is all massively-scaled mass destruction, it seems hard to root for the monsters
The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
Feb 2, 2025Secret Society Designed to Ease Racial Tensions/Satire
A satiric film based on Spike Lee’s idea of the Magical Negro, an African American who exists to deliver wisdom or magical influence to white people. This gets in some deftly amusing punches at US race relations