Color Out of Space (2019)

A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.

Entertaining H.P. Lovecraft adaptation has a nice B-movie touch to it, while offering some good and imaginative special effects and a deliciously over-the-top performance by Nicholas Cage.

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)

When a broken-hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement.

Old-fashioned, fairly likable Christmas movie adequately staged to get into the right mood for the season; interesting to see, almost unrecognizably,  Tom Berenger in an unusual role.

Event Horizon (1997)

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.

Although this sci-fi shocker has quite a messy plot, it is indeed fairly effective and has some quite natsy scenes; the star cast helps, too, a bit.

Halliwell (no star): "Creepy horror movie in outer space that delivers the requisite shocks; a little predictability would have been welcome, though."

Maltin**: "Well-acted movie begins promisingly but becomes increasingly unlikely; offers no explanation for the strange events. Some intense horror scenes."

Maggie (2015)

A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.

Slow-paced and thoughtful zombie drama, more artsy than horror flick; cast is excellent, and Schwarzenegger surprises with a subtle and subdued performance.

The Devil's Violinist (2013)

The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.

Trashy bio-pic has some good period details, but a lot of miserable performances;  true, David Garrett knows how to play the violin, but obviously never learnt how to act.