Southland Tales (2006)
May 4, 2008Near-Future L.A.
Richard Kelly of Donnie Darko fame makes a work set in a near-future L.A., a sprawling film bursting at the edges with too many characters and subplots but not uninteresting
Lou Taylor Pucci
Horsemen (2009)
Feb 16, 2011Serial Killer Thriller
Serial killer thriller that brims with much Biblical imagery about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and passes through assorted increasingly improbable twists without much affect
Carriers (2009)
Aug 9, 2017Countrywide Epidemic/Social Collapse and Harsh Survival
Set in the midst of a deadly infection that has wiped most of the country out, the film is extremely well written, focusing on harsh moral choices that the characters must make. Chris Pine is cast as a less-than-heroic lead
Evil Dead (2013)
Apr 6, 2013Backwoods Possession
One of the few remakes of the 00s/10s that delivers the goods. While messing around with the plot set-up with mixed results, director Fede Alvarez quickly goes for broke with all ferocity bared to create a satisfying show on most accounts
Spring (2014)
Nov 3, 2014Human-Immortal Mutant Relationship Drama
Fascinatingly original monster movie – a wild mix of H.P. Lovecraft, The Man from Earth and Before Sunrise. A beautifully realised work that leaves you with the sense of not knowing what to expect from one minute to the next
A-X-L (2018)
Feb 14, 2021Robot Dog
Outside of animation, there has never been a decent genre film about cute dogs. This film about a robot dog is no exception. The surprise is that this is produced by the normally respectable David S. Goyer