Red Sonja
Arnold Schwarzenegger steals Sylvester Stallone’s wife in 1985 fantasy flop Red Sonja, a warrior woman’s (Brigitte Nielsen) quest for revenge against the evil queen (Sandahl Bergman) who killed her family. […]
Author Archives: Dan Meier
Troy
Das Boot director Wolfgang Petersen swaps the boots for sandals in this 2004 epic based on Homer’s Iliad but closer in quality to that Carol Ann Duffy poem about David Beckham. […]
The Untouchables
Having decided he was done making Psycho (until Raising Cain at least), Brian De Palma turned to crime (filming it rather than committing it) in the 1980s, directing Al Pacino in […]
Thelma & Louise
Two Southern redheads (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) go on the run after shooting a rapist in this 1991 road movie. Remember roads? One of the best films of the ’90s, […]
Ocean’s Eleven
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) celebrates his release from prison by robbing three Las Vegas casinos, not including the Trump Casino because there’s presumably no money in it. Ocean’s Eleven is […]
Starship Troopers
Adapted from Robert A. Heinlein’s humans vs bugs novel, Starship Troopers is set in a techno fascist future where the director of Showgirls is still allowed to make movies. Director Paul […]
I’ve Never Seen… Casablanca
If anyone in the future is reading this, we’re all currently stuck indoors due to a virus that’s closed the cinemas (a massive blow to Sonic the Hedgehog fans) and […]
