Armageddon
Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler star in 1998’s Armageddon, as in “Armageddon a massive headache.” This disaster (of a) movie opens with an explanation of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, delivered […]
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Eddie the Eagle
Based on the true story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper, Eddie the Eagle is a story of a wannabe Olympian of such determination that he’s prepared […]
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro is a Studio Ghibli classic about a family who move into a house on the edge of an enchanted forest to be near their mother in hospital – not to […]
Split
Just in time for Oscar season comes M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, in which a man with 23 personalities (James McAvoy) abducts three girls who don’t have one personality between them. […]
Manchester by the Sea
The next big Oscar contender is Manchester by the Sea, even though Manchester is nowhere near the sea. Everyone knows that. Manchester in this case is in Massachusetts, hometown of brothers Lee and […]
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Johnny Depp stars as Gilbert Grape, a family-focussed but emotionally closed twenty-something living in a tiny deadend town called Endora in the middle of nowhere. He works long hours at […]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a famous child star, with the look of Shirley Temple and the voice of Alanis Morissette. 45 years later, the bitter Jane (Bette Davis) and her […]
Cop Car
Between The Rover and Dude, Where’s My Car?, there’s a long and varied history of films about people trying to find their cars. This time, it’s Kevin Bacon’s turn to “do a Jeremy […]
The Bye Bye Man
As I waited for this movie to start, a guy approached me and, presumably looking for a screen to sneak in to, asked what film it was. “The Bye Bye […]
Hell or High Water
Chris Pine and Ben Foster co-star in Hell or High Water; not the first time the Star Trek and X-Men universes have converged, and it sure as hell won’t be […]
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