The Host (2013)

An alien invasion as seen through the eyes of a teenage girl, who appears to have written the script as well. The “romance” was forced. Both of them. There were countless plot holes and unexplained scenes.

For example: There is only one top secret entrance into the caves that has never been discovered by someone who wasn’t first shown, and yet two trucks are shown driving out of there not 5 minutes later. Seems like it would be pretty easy to find the entrance by following the road to the giant garage door. I could go on and on.

The only way they could have saved the film is if they had been forced to stick Wanda into a chubby middle aged dude in order to save her life, instead of the young nubile hottie that was so miraculously available. Her new beau would have had to choose between dumping her on the spot or spending the rest of his life trying to convince himself, and others, that he wasn’t gay. Roll credits.

Rating: D-

Red Riding Hood (2011)

The first 30-40 minutes were pretty bad all around. The writing felt trite and the delivery wasn’t much better. The rest of the film was helped by the increased action. I thought they did a decent job of keeping the viewer guessing about who the wolf was. Still, you can probably skip this one.

Rating: C-