Boyhood
12 years ago, Richard Linklater picked 6-year-old Ellar Coltrane to play a kid called Mason in his new family drama, which he filmed for a few days each year until […]
Mission: Impossible
Tom Cruise is here doing what he does best: running around beating up bad guys. The troubled megastar plays a troubled secret ops bloke, Ethan Hunt, whose team gets wiped […]
Gone With the Wind
The US Civil War era epic follows a young girl called Scarlett (Vivien Leigh), the daughter of wealthy plantation owners in the Old South. It opens with her pining after […]
In the Line of Fire
In The Line of Fire was made in 1993 but for some reason looks like it was made in the 70s. It’s about a secret service agent called Frank (Clint […]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The “X-Men Origins” prefix looks a little silly now it’s not been followed up with any other characters’ backstories, which is ironically the fault of this film and its dismal […]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
With Transformers: Age of Extinction dominating the box office it could be easy to despair for the modern blockbuster. A spate of big movies that also made you think – the […]
Carrie (2013)
I recently watched the Carrie remake. I didn’t pay, I hasten to add. It just popped up on Netflix. While I could talk about how mediocre it was, how unconvincing […]
Cold in July
By virtue of being released around the month featured in its title, Cold in July has the edge over the likes of The Two Faces of January, The Hunt for Red October and March of […]
Triangle
Triangle is a 2009 psychological horror film about a group of friends who head out on a yachting trip. But it’s not exactly smooth sailing, as a freak storm leaves them stranded, only to […]
Heathers
Westerburg High School is dominated by three croquet-playing, party-going, geek-bullying girls all called Heather (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk and Kim Walke), with the reluctant Veronica (Winona Ryder) in tow. But […]
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