Knives Out
Wealthy crime author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead in his country mansion, his throat cut in an apparent suicide. But private investigator Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) suspects foul […]
Tag Archives: Jamie Lee Curtis
True Lies
Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life as a dull husband and super spy in 1994’s True Lies, which turned out to be truer than anyone knew in light […]
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 […]
Halloween & Halloween II
Halloween (1978) was not the first holiday-themed slasher movie, but its success triggered a slew of identikit festival fright flicks called things like April Fool’s Day, Silent Night Deadly Night and […]
A Fish Called Wanda
A diamond heist goes wrong in this comedy menagerie of fish, dogs and Pythons. I loved A Fish Called Wanda as a child, so it pains me that this rewatch left […]
Veronica Mars
“A teenaged private eye. Trust me, I know how dumb that sounds.” So begins the Veronica Mars movie, immediately establishing both the premise and tone of Rob Thomas’ (not the […]
Halloween (2018)
Just in time for 2 weeks before Halloween comes this reboot of John Carpenter’s classic slasher, set 40 years after the original. In it, Michael Myers escapes incarceration and goes […]
