Ring
A journalist (Nanako Matsushima) faces the toughest deadline of her career when she’s given 7 days to live after watching a cursed videotape that resembles one of David Lynch’s home […]
Tag Archives: 1998
On iPlayer: Primary Colors
Adding credence to the notion that any rich schmuck can be president, John Travolta plays a Democratic candidate in this 1998 political satire. Adapted from an anonymously published novel about […]
The Mask of Zorro
During the Mexican War of Independence, masked vigilante and sword graffiti pioneer Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) is a symbol of hope for an oppressed people. But when he’s imprisoned for 20 […]
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is one of the world’s clumsiest titles, not least because the movie has nothing to do with water so it’s not even a pun. This […]
Quiz Call: Middleton’s Changeling
Quiz Call takes us back to ’98 via the 99p Store with Middleton’s Changeling, or as the show called it, Middleton’s Chageling (or is it Middletine’s Chanling?) Based on Thomas Middleton […]
Godzilla (1998)
1998 was not a great year for films. Top at the box office was Armageddon, a film so bad Michael Bay apologised for it. Elsewhere in the top ten are […]
Star Trek: Insurrection
In the ninth Star Trek film, the crew of the Enterprise pursue a malfunctioning Data (Brent Spiner) to the planet of the Ba’ku, a racially homogeneous society that have shunned technology […]
A Spike Lee Joint: He Got Game
Jake (Denzel Washington) is offered time off his lengthy prison sentence if he can persuade his son, basketball prodigy Jesus (Ray Allen), to sign up for a scholarship at Big […]
BASEketball
Two lowlifes invent a sport which is like basketball but with some elements of baseball to win a bet and impress a girl. When the game goes big they blah […]
Sphere
A group of scientists are trapped on an underwater rig by bad weather. On the sea bed, they’re sent to investigate nearby wreckage, and possible alien life. Yeah, it’s basically […]
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