Happy Accidents (2000)

Happy Accidents (2000)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 16, 2000Time Travel Romance
Clever and intelligent comedy where Marisa Tomei finds the perfect man (Vincent D'Onofrio) who also claims to be a time traveller from the future. The film sits in an appealing state of ambiguity about whether this is true

The Machinist (2004)

The Machinist (2004)
Rating: ★★★½
Aug 5, 2005Anorexia, Sleeplessness and Reality Blurrings
Fascinating film from Brad Anderson where Christian Bale is subject to a series of reality blurrings. What hangs over the show most of all is Bale's intensely physical performance for which he lost a third of his body weight to turn himself into an anorexic shell of a human

Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)

Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 20, 2011Mysterious Disappearance/Last People on Earth
Enigmatic film in the vein of The Quiet Earth where everybody vanishes except for a handful of survivors who have to now deal with creatures the lurk in the dark

Eliza Graves (2014)

Eliza Graves (2014)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 22, 2015Victorian Asylum Taken Over by the Inmates
Brad Anderson adapts an Edgar Allan Poe story about an asylum where the inmates are posing as the staff. Despite a title that tries to sell it as a costume drama, this is lush period piece with an amazing cast line-up – the only surprise is that it did no box-office