Splice (2009)

A genetic engineers couple hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.

Inventive variation on the Frankenstein theme, this time with a mad scientist couple and a both sexy and menacing creature, manages to touch several serious issues and is still entertaining.

Maltin**1/2: "Intelligently written and well acted, this begins well but becomes too much a standard horror film in the last couple of reels. Excellent effects."

The Secret Life of Words (2005)

A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.

Harrowing and gripping, but quite far-fetched story is told subtly and slowly, but mainly convinces on Sarah Polley's outstanding performance.

Maltin***: "Intriguing character study with a great performance by Polley and agreeable sketches of the motley characters who work on the rig."