The Turning

The Turning

DreamWorks etc.

January 24, 2020

Horror

DVD
D+

For horror, this wasn't terrible (the first quarter hour anyway), but it is based on Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, which I've never read.  Floria Sigismondi directed.

The Patriot

The Patriot

Columbia etc.

June 28, 2000

Historical Drama

DVD
C-

The acting, writing, and direction (by Roland Emmerich) aren't great, but I sort of liked that this focuses on the "homefront side," before actual war (Revolutionary) breaks out.

Event Horizon

Event Horizon
Paramount
August 15, 1997
Sci-Fi
DVD
D-

Laughably unsubtle (e.g. a man holds a picture of a woman, says, "I miss you, Claire," and then puts the picture back with dozens of others), and full of stock characters.  Paul W.S. Anderson directed.

Endless Love (2014)

Endless Love (2014)
Universal
February 14, 2014
Romance
DVD
C-

Remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields movie (which I've never seen), and both based on the Scott Spencer novel, with leads who don't look like recent high school graduates.  (He was 23 and looks 30, she was 24 and looks it.)  Shana Feste directed and co-wrote the adaptation.