The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Back in July I wrote an article for the Guardian on Guy Pearce’s five best performances. As you can see from the comments I rather glaringly omitted Priscilla, Queen of the […]
Tag Archives: 1990s
Eyes Wide Shut
In this sinister erotic drama, the marriage of a wealthy New York couple, Alice (Nicole Kidman) and Bill (Tom Cruise), is put under strain when Alice reveals some of her […]
Being John Malkovich
How to explain Being John Malkovich? Well, basically an out of work puppeteer called Craig (John Cusack) gets a job in an office with a 5ft ceiling. When at work […]
Trekkies
This documentary looks at the only fan group whose name appears in the Oxford English Dictionary: Trekkies. Denise Crosby (Lt. Natasha Yar in The Next Generation) meets a huge array of […]
Leon
After extensive recommendation I finally gave in and paid £4 for this film (about four times my usual budget), and it was worth every penny. When her family is murdered […]
Glengarry Glen Ross
An office full of salesmen are put under pressure when a tough outsider (Alec Baldwin) is brought in to get them selling again. When they are told to sell or […]
Speed
The premise of Speed has made it into the public consciousness by osmosis even if the finer details of the film haven’t. It opens with a bomb plot on an elevator […]
Fargo
A car salesman (William H. Macy) arranges to have his wife kidnapped so he can claim the ransom money from his wealthy father-in-law to pay off his debts. But things […]
A Time to Kill
Joel Schumacher’s name is a by-word for awful, thanks to being the man who did what the Joker never could and killing Batman. Nerds everywhere have never forgiven him for […]
Strictly Classified Part 3: Enemy of the State
With the huge array of Hollywood films vilifying foreigners and foreign governments, it’s refreshing to see a thriller which looks closer to home for its antagonists. Tony Scott’s Enemy of the […]
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