The Crow (2024)

I'll be honest, I haven't seen the original in awhile. It might be sacrilegious, but I didn't really mind this remake all that much. It's completely unnecessary, yes, and doesn't quite follow the comic book source material very closely, but it's entertaining enough when isolated on its own terms. Bill Skarsgård excels at playing these types of offbeat characters, along with his roles in Boy Kills World, It (Pennywise) and the forthcoming Nosferatu reboot.

It may not be a total success, but there is a sweet romantic thread and a decent amount of violence and gory kills, if nothing else. I like Bill's take on Eric Draven, but he's still not as cool as Brandon Lee.

2 uses of Enya's Boadicea out of 5

SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMEN [2012]

Director Rupert Sanders' Snow White & The Huntsmen takes the dark overtones of the original fariytale and enthusiastically runs with it.

The idea has potential to be quite a startling piece of cinema, nodding it's head to Guillemero Del Toro and Ridley Scott, but doesn't quite reach that height.  Riddled with some uneven acting, a mess of a plot and forced moments that seem it's trying to hard to be different from previous incarnations of the tale.  Strengthened by strong female roles, (particularly Charlize's slightly over-the-top performance) and some glimpses of great imagination, Snow White's world could have been wonderful and begs to be further explored.

3 wood trolls out of 5