2012 (2009)
Nov 14, 2009The End of the World/Disaster Movie
Roland Emmerich mass destruction spectacle loosely based around the supposed Mayan prophecies about the end of the world. Mostly just an excuse for massively scaled disaster sequences.
Beatrice Rosen
Under the Rainbow (2013)
Sep 30, 2013Romantic Comedy/Modernised Fairytales
No relation to the disastrous Chevy Chase film, this is a French romantic comedy. The principal amusement is that modernised retellings of various fairytales are wound into the plot, often being deflated or turned on their head. Amusing but without such a gimmick the film would be rather slight