Oculus (2013)

 

A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. 

Very well to look at and with a capable cast this horror flick ha style and atmosphere, but thoroughly disappoints any high expectations with a silly and illogical plot.

Maltin**1/2: "Handsome, well-acted horror film is so inventively edited, the past and present correlate; too bad such skill is expended on a plot that's just the same old horror-movie stuff."  

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.

Average supernatural horror dram operates all the usual cliches on its way along a well trodden path; that said, slightly better, i.d. more coherent, than its predecessor. 

Captain Fantastic (2016)

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Entertaining as well as thoughtful confrontation of live concepts works very well thanks to good direction and a lively ensemble; however, despite Mortensen's competent performance, the father's ideological metamorphosis is not quite comprehensible.