28 Weeks Later (2007)
28 Weeks Later picks up six months after the events of 28 Days Later, with the repopulation of the British Isles, after its quarantine of the island nations resulted in those infected with the Rage virus...
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Vacationing American friends, David (Naughton) and Jack (Dunne), stumble off the beaten trail into a pub called the “Slaughtered Lamb” only to find its inhabitants odd and the pentagram they have drawn on their wall...
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Based on the 2003 novel by Zoe Heller, Notes on a Scandal tells the tale of a married London schoolteacher named Sheba Hart (Blanchett, Babel), who enters into an illicit affair with a 15-year-old student at her...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
Sometimes gorgeously realized, this first chapter in a proposed seven-film series, based on their appropriate counterparts in novel form by C.S. Lewis, still falls short in the narrative and dialogue. With fantasy films raking...
Creep (2004)
I’m not exactly certain why this film is called Creep, but if the creators of this disheartening dreck were to ask me for a better name, I’d tell them to remove the two E’s from...
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
From the duo that brought you the TV show, “Spaced”, comes Shaun of the Dead, a mix of farcical comedy and gory horror movie. Like many other British comedies, Shaun gains most of its laughs at the sheer...
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
I find myself questioning my worth as a critic sometimes when a movie that isn’t meant for me, and for which I don’t even consider very good, can still hold my attention throughout, and...
Shanghai Knights (2003)
Shanghai Knights is both better and worse in many ways than the first film, Shanghai Noon, so I feel that the reaction as to which you think is the better of the two will significantly depend...
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Sometimes it takes a first-time director to breathe new life into what might otherwise be a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. Such is the case with the refreshing comedy Bridget Jones’s Diary, thanks in large part to...
The 39 Steps (1935)
Robert Donat plays Richard Hannay, a Canadian visiting London who travels to a local show. Gunshots erupt, and during the mad dash for the exits, he bumps into a woman (Mannheim), asking to go...