Vanessa Hudgens Archives

Thunderbirds (2004)

Rating: ★

Sep 21, 2004Hi-Tech Rescue Organisation/TV Series Remake

This live-action film version of the cult Gerry Anderson puppet series is a disaster. Great effort is made to replicate the look of the original but the film is killed by the choice to rewrite everything as a modern formula kid’s movie

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Actors: Ben Kingsley, Anthony Edwards, Bill Paxton, Brady Corbet, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 September 200422 August 2021 by Roog

Beastly (2011)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 13, 2011High-School Version of Beauty and the Beast

The interesting idea of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast retold in a modern high school setting. Despite itself, the film manages to wring a reasonable sincerity out of the premise

Director: Daniel Barnz

Actors: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris, …

Category: Fantasy

13 March 201125 August 2023 by Roog

Sucker Punch (2011)

Rating: ★★

Mar 27, 2011Fantasy Action in Dreamed Alternate Realities

Bizarrely uncategorisable film from Zack Snyder that seems a mix of Girl, Interrupted and Inception

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, …

Category: Fantasy

27 March 20111 April 2025 by Roog

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

Rating: ★

Feb 8, 2012Jules Verne Adaptation/Island of Giant Fauna

Supposed adaptation of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island that gives the impression that none of the screenwriters have read the book … a consistently silly and nonsensical film that operates at the level of a children's cartoon

Director: Brad Peyton

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 February 201226 November 2024 by Roog

Machete Kills (2013)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 12, 2013Gonzo Action Film

Robert Rodriguez escalates his earlier Mexican-themed action film into an insanely creative comic-book overflowing with science-fiction devices (and homages). The casting alone is side-splitting and Rodriguez's nonsensical absurdism wins the day

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Actors: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Demian Bachir, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 October 20132 January 2025 by Roog

The Frozen Ground (2013)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 23, 2022True-Life Serial Killer

A film based on the apprehending of true-life serial killer Robert Hansen who would fly girls out into the Alaskan wilderness and then hunt them. Nicolas Cage is the dogged detective up against John Cusack as the killer

Director: Scott Walker

Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Kevin Dunn, …

Category: Horror

23 November 202225 October 2025 by Roog