Kaya Scodelario

 

Kaya Scodelario

 

Crawl (2019)

A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.

Run-of-the-mill creature feature is made with competence and obvious knowledge of the genre, but there simply are no surprises here.

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Zac Efron gives a convincing portrayal of the serial killer Ted Bundy - as the charismatic, intelligent guy he appeared as to the public and as seen by his girlfriend; beyond this performance, however, the movie misses to give any depth or insight into the killer's character and the crimes, but rather ticks off the events as they happened.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".

OK post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama aimed at a more adolescent audience is mildly entertaining.

Wuthering Heights (2011)

A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.

Dark and intense adaptation is at best evoking passion and dread from the naturalistic and beautiful comprehension of the Yorkshire moors; in comparison, the actual story fades behind the visual brilliance.

Maltin**: "...retains Brontë's familiar account of love and death on the wind-torn Yorkshire moors. Its sole novelty, a dark-skinned antihero, agrees with her written description. But while it's still  the usual doom (hers) and gloom (his) and seethes with passion, it utterly lacks romance. Moreover, bleak settings and unlikable people make for a morose sit, both murky and earthy - often all too literally."

Tiger House (2015)

A young woman sneaks into her boyfriend's house to share some bad news, but their conversation is cut short when a gang of armed thieves break in and take the family hostage.

OK thriller staged mainly with the confines of one house - and  Kaya Scodelario wins as the sole hero of the show.

Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Scodelario

Moon (2009)

An astronaut has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

Gripping existential sci-fi drama with some references to the classics of the genre.

On second view: well worth an occasional rewatching.

Maltin ***: "A good example of how to make a resourceful movie and maintain viewer interest with minmal production components."

Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Scodelario

New Stuff: Wuthering Heights

My Valentine's Day gift for Ursula.

Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Scodelario