Entrapment
Attempting to track down a stolen Rembrandt, young insurance investigator Gin (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has her head turned by another artefact when she falls for elderly art thief Mac (Sean Connery), […]
Tag Archives: 1999
All About My Mother
A nun, an actress and a sex worker walk into a Barcelona in All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-winning drama from 1999. Another Spanish twist on his beloved Old […]
The Blair Witch Project
In efforts to make a film about local folklore, Heather, Mike and Josh (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard) get lost in the woods in this 1999 pseudo-documentary they should […]
Blast from the Past
A mad scientist and his pregnant wife (Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek) retreat to their fallout shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 35 years later, their now adult son Adam […]
Audition
Nathan For You‘s ‘The Hunk’ meets Stephen King’s Misery in this J-horror classic about a widower (Ryo Ishibashi) who holds a fake audition to find a new wife. Released in […]
But I’m a Cheerleader
A cheerleader (Natasha Lyonne) discovers who she is in this ’90s comedy, not to be confused with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Jamie Babbit (who would go on to direct Gilmore […]
On iPlayer: Election
Don’t tell Brenda from Bristol, but Election is on iPlayer. Alexander Payne’s 1999 comedy explores high school teacher Jim McAllister’s (Matthew Broderick) meddling in a student body election after his […]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The release of the Terrance and Phillip movie leads to a war with Canada after Kyle’s mum accuses the nation of corrupting America’s children. In 1999 South Park was only […]
The Matrix
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the film that gave us bullet time, Neo and the song Closer. Or was that Ne-Yo? Considering it established the aesthetic for 10 […]
Stigmata
Stigmata is part of a noble tradition of movies that exploit religious imagery for a cheap thrill. Whether it’s End of Days, Drag Me to Hell, The Devil’s Advocate, or […]
Screen Goblin 