Cop Car
Between The Rover and Dude, Where’s My Car?, there’s a long and varied history of films about people trying to find their cars. This time, it’s Kevin Bacon’s turn to “do a Jeremy […]
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The Darkness
The latest laughable title from Bumhouse is The Darkness, not to be confused with the rock band of the same name – though like the band, this film is shrill and doomed to […]
Top of the Flops 4: R.I.P.D.
The Rest in Peace Department is responsible for hunting down dead souls that refuse to leave the mortal realm. It’s staffed by dead cops from a range of times and […]
X-Men: First Class
I don’t know much about the Cuban missile crisis, and I certainly didn’t realise the extent of Kevin Bacon’s involvement. Obviously I knew he had something to do with it, […]
The Woodsman
Sex offending is one of the toughest subjects you can tackle in a film, but there are some great examples of how to do it right. Films like Michael, Mysterious […]
Stir of Echoes
There exists a cinematic phenomenon known as twin films, whereby two movies with identical premises are released in the same year. Last year there was White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen. 1998 gave […]
Rash of Bacon Part 9: What We’ve Learned
After watching a huge number of Kevin Bacon films I have to admit that in spite of all the jibes about that awful advert he’s in, I’m now a Kevin […]
Rash of Bacon Part 8: A Few Good Men
Rob Reiner of This Is Spinal Tap directs this courtroom drama which focuses on military lawyer Lt Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), as he defends two marines against the charge of […]
Rash of Bacon Part 7: Tremors
When a tiny desert settlement is attacked by underground monsters, it’s up to Kevin Bacon and his friends to stop them. But as anyone who’s had to repeatedly endure that […]
Rash of Bacon Part 6: Footloose
Set in 1984, before the invention of self-awareness, Footloose follows Ren (Kevin Bacon), a big city boy who moves to a small town where dancing is banned. I don’t like […]
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