The Host (2006)
Not to be confused with 2020 horror flick Host or 2013 Stephenie Meyer film The Host, 2006’s The Host is a Korean creature feature about a giant fishlike monster that […]
Wuthering Heights (2026)
This latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s West Yorkshire drama follows Cathy (Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) from childhood to adultery. An Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) version of […]
Midnight Cowboy
Cowboy-cosplayer Joe Buck (Jon Voight) swaps Texas dishwasher work for New York sex work, only to discover the popularity of cowboys is on the Wayne. John Schlesinger’s Oscar-winning drama is […]
Marty Supreme
A table tennis player (Timothée Chalamet) in 1952 goes from zero to sub-zero in this sports comedy/drama they should have called Raging Balls. Marty Supreme sees director Josh Safdie and […]
One Battle After Another
Leonardo DiCaprio has a date with a 16-year-old when his teenage daughter (Chase Infiniti) is kidnapped by a corrupt military officer (Sean Penn). Paul Thomas Anderson updates Thomas Pynchon’s post-Nixon […]
Wuthering Heights (2011)
The glass-shattering Kate Bush song is reimagined as a class-shattering film in Andrea Arnold’s 2011 adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Bleak even by Brontë standards, this earthy, elemental retelling of the […]
Independence Day
Will Smith encounters alien life in this Scientologist origin story from 1996. Roland Emmerich’s alien-invasion blockbuster has all the spectacle, subtlety and American flags one expects from the Master of […]
Totally Killer
A teenager (Kiernan Shipka) travels back in time to 1987 to stop a serial killer from terrorising big-haired high school girls, in this 2023 horror/comedy they should have called Terminator […]
Mission: Impossible 2
In this 2000 sequel, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must stop an evil scotsman (Dougray Scott) from unleashing a deadly virus, lest anyone other than Paramount should profit from the release […]
Pretty Woman
Millionaire loner Edward (Richard Gere) hires charismatic sex worker Vivian (Julia Roberts) in this 1990 rom-com they should have called My Fare Lady. Pretty Woman is a lot more charming […]
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