The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the  Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

Four children, Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Peter (William Moseley), and Susan (Anna Popplewell), sent to the country to avoid the blitz, travel through a magical wardrobe to the land of Narnia, where an evil witch (Tilda Swinton) keeps the land in perpetual winter.  A prophecy declares that four humans will start the overthrow

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

Riddick (Vin Diesel), a fugitive and murderer, is brought to the planet Helion Prime to fulfill a prophecy that one of his race will stop the cult of the Necromongers from destroying society.  Once there, he learns that the young girl he abandoned five years earlier is locked away in the system’s most unpleasant prison. 

C.H.U.D. II—Bud the Chud (1989)

C.H.U.D. II—Bud the Chud (1989)

Three high school students steal a dead body (Gerrit Graham) after they accidentally lose their school cadaver.  Unbeknownst to them, the body has the zombie-making C.H.U.D virus, and soon it is walking around the neighborhood, making more zombies. Quick Review: Yet another ’80s comedy-zombie film.  Given a R-rating because they’d used up their quota of PGs,

Click (2006)

Click (2006)

Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is a workaholic who ignores his far-hotter-than-he-could-possibly-get wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and his two kids, in order to please his egotistical boss (David Hasselhoff ).  After a tense evening, he is given a universal remote from Morty (Christopher Walken), that allows him to pause and fast-forward through life. I had thought,

Code Red: The Rubicon Conspiracy (2001)

Code Red: The Rubicon Conspiracy (2001)

Renegade General Pembroke (Steven Grives) calls dishonorably discharged officer Lt. Peter Doyle (Jeremy Callaghan) back to active duty, claiming he is the only man capable of leading a team to a secret government installation in order to disarm a nuclear bomb.  Joining Doyle is Pembroke-loyalist and nuclear specialist, Lt. Joyce Darwin (Marjean Holden).  Once underway,

The Company of Wolves (1984)

The Company of Wolves (1984)

A young, teenage girl, Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson), dealing poorly both physically and mentally with the onset of menstruation, dreams of a dark, fairytale world where werewolves are a constant threat. In the dream, her father (David Warner) hunts the wolves while her Grandmother (Angela Lansbury) tells her frightening stories. Eventually, she has to don her red, hooded

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

In exchange for the promise of resurrection of his dead lover, (Arnold Schwarzenegger) agrees to undertake a quest to retrieve a horn that will be used to wake a sleeping god.  Conan is accompanied by the thief Malak (Tracey Walter), the wizard Akiro (Mako), the warrior-woman Zula (Grace Jones), the queens guard Bombaata (Wilt Chamberlain),

Condemned to Live (1935)

Condemned to Live (1935)

A rash of murders in a small village have the citizens blaming an unseen giant bat.  The kindly professor Paul Kristan (Ralph Morgan), nearly worshiped by the townspeople, has no solution.  Worse still, he finds himself ill, blacking out at night as his marriage to a young girl approaches. The poorly titled Condemned to Live

Constantine (2005)

Constantine (2005)

Policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) seeks the aid of demon hunter John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) in finding the secret behind her twin sister’s alleged suicide. The trail will lead them to demons, angels, Hell, and the Spear of Destiny, the weapon that kill Christ and may be the key to the destruction of the world. I

Constantine: Hellblazer

Constantine: Hellblazer

This is a review of a “Fan Edit.”  Details of the original film, including twists and the ending,  may be revealed. Constantine is a so-so action-horror film that has uninvolving action and nothing particularly frightening. It’s emotionally distant, with a recycled plot and underwritten characters. Its star, Keanu Reeves, based his interpretation of John Constantine

Contact (1997)

Contact (1997)

Faithless, and therefore unhappy, astronomer, Dr. Eleanor Arroway (Jodie Foster), searches for years for signs of extraterrestrial life.  Along the way, she is thwarted by shortsighted scientist Dr. David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), and she meets  man-of-faith, Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), who will later become an advisor to Bill Clinton.  Finally, she discovers a broadcast from space

The Core (2003)

The Core (2003)

Freak disasters indicate that the Earth’s core has ceased rotating, which will cause the destruction of the world within a year.  Geologist Joshua Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) is brought in to work with Dr. Serge Leveque (Tchéky Karyo), and government scientist Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci), to find a solution.  The answer is to go to the