Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Rating: ★★½
Oct 29, 2016Secret Home for "Gifted" Youths
Tim Burton used to be the great hope of fantastic cinema but his efforts since 2000 have been greeted with general disappointment. This Young Adult adaptation, which plays out like a fantasy version of the X-Men, at least shows Burton making an effort to change direction and go back to basics (*)

Patient Zero (2018)

Patient Zero (2018)
Rating:
Feb 1, 2019Rabid Zombies/Man Who Can Speak Their Language
A zombie film in all but name concerning people infected with a mutant strain of rabies. Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith is absurdly miscast as someone who can speak the language of the infected. Unfortunately the film does nothing at all to make the central premise believable.