Jackie
Set in the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination, this triple-Oscar nominee follows Jackie Kennedy, played by Natalie Portman – a less than enticing proposition for anyone who’s previously watched her play a […]
Vampyr
Vampyr is a German expressionist film from 1932 which tells the tale of Allen Grey (Julian West), a drifter who finds himself in a house in the countryside where a […]
Grand Hotel
Not to be confused with the much more recent Grand Budapest Hotel or Hotel Transylvania, this 1933 classic similarly enjoys an all-star cast. It follows an assortment of characters staying […]
Harold and Maude
A funeral-crashing youngster (Bud Cort) and a 79-year-old car thief (Ruth Gordon) form an unlikely romance in 1971 cult comedy Harold and Maude, not to be confused with Harold & Kumar Get […]
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 […]
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 […]
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