Snow White and The Huntsman movie posterRevisionist, moody and death-obsessed, you get two films in one in this latest Grimm's fairy tale 'reboot.'

Or at least, two halves of two films as the scary makeover of Snow White shifts unevenly from mud, filth and magic to medieval warfare, so overladen with character back story and motivations that the CGI has to fight for its' screen time.

Charlize Theron's evil Queen takes over the kingdom and imprisons the fair princess Snow White (Kristen Stewart). After her escape, the Queen despatches a broken-down huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to recapture her. Guess what? In the drawn-out chase that follows, we get trolls, dwarfs, mercenaries, fairies, some fluffy CGI forest creatures and of course, a poisoned apple. After the obligatory resurrection, Snow goes all Joan of Arc to lead the armed insurrection and reclaim the kingdom. Read more of this post