2012 (Sony, 2009)
Director Roland (Godzilla) Emmerich blows up the world, just like the Mayan calendar said he would. John Cusack and Amanda Peet are among the would-be survivors.
Where The Wild Things Are (WB, 2009)
Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic about a small boy’s adventures with dream creatures gets the big-screen treatment with effects by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
Ponyo (Disney, 2008)
Beautifully animated Japanese tale of a fish girl who becomes human for the love of a little boy, directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away).
Elvis (Shout Factory, 1979)
John Carpenter directs old pal Kurt Russell in a made-for-TV biopic that centres on the singer’s early years.
