The Innocents (De uskyldige)
A telekinetic child (Alva Brynsmo Ramstad) and her little sister (Rakel Lenora Fløttum) move house in this Scandinavian chiller they should have called Carrie and Alexander. The Innocents has less […]
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The world’s silliest-named detective is back! But enough about Enola Holmes 2. Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is off on a busman’s holiday in this nonsensical sequel to 2019’s Knives Out, […]
First Love
Takashi Miike’s 2019 thriller sees a boxer (Masataka Kubota) rescue a call girl (Sakurako Konishi) from murderous gangsters. Let’s call it 13 Assassin’s Creed. For his 103rd picture, the insanely […]
Die Hard
Off-duty cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) tries to put on-the-take terrorist Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) under a vest in this oft-quoted Christmas classic. Stripping The Towering Inferno down to its […]
Fanny and Alexander
Just as Wolfgang Petersen was threatening Europe with a 300-minute TV cut of Das Boot came the ultimate “hold my stein” move from Ingmar Bergman, whose Fanny and Alexander miniseries […]
The Descent
Six friends (Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, MyAnna Buring, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid and Nora-Jane Noone) find themselves at the end of their tether when a spelunking holiday takes a rappellent turn. […]
Violent Night
Violent Night sees Santa Claus (David Harbour) battle a team of burglars who break into the mansion of a wealthy family, as they fight over their mother’s (Beverly D’Angelo) fortune. […]
Decision to Leave
A homicide detective (Park Hae-il) falls for a victim’s widow (Tang Wei) in this unprocedural thriller. For his 11th feature, Park Chan-wook makes the bold decision to leave behind the […]
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