Twister
Ahead of the new Twister reboot, we revisit the 1996 disaster movie about a woman (Helen Hunt) left understandably traumatised after watching her dad get sucked off in a tornado. […]
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Network
A news anchor (Peter Finch) threatens to kill himself on air, but his announcement backfires when he shoots up the ratings. On re-release for director Sidney Lumet’s 100th birthday, Network […]
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) returned in 1991 for the “final” Elm Street movie, a promise unlikely to get anyone’s hopes up that it would really be the end. Like Freddy, […]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
One year after Alice (Lisa Wilcox) vanquished Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) by pointing a mirror at him, he returns to haunt the dreams of her unborn baby, answering the age-old […]
The Omen
An American ambassador (Gregory Peck) accidentally adopts the antichrist (Harvey Spencer Stephens) in this 1976 tale of diplomatic inanity. The Omen piggybacks on the success of The Exorcist and throws […]
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Instead of subjecting ourselves to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, we look back on the original clash of these titans, the dawning of a feud between ancient rivals that […]
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
During a rash of murders of young blonde women in London, Daisy (June Tripp) finds herself torn between her Met policeman boyfriend (Malcolm Keen) and a solitary lodger (Ivor Novello). […]
Anything for Jackson
From the Hallmark duo behind Baby in a Manger comes this horror flick about a couple (Sheila McCarthy and Julian Richings) who kidnap a pregnant woman (Konstantina Mantelos) to use as […]
Run Lola Run
Lola (Franka Potente) has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 marks in this German triptych that shows three possible versions of the same scenario. One of the most instantly striking […]
Gosford Park
Aristocrats gather at a country house for a spot of pheasant plucking in this 2001 drama, until their shooting weekend becomes a poisoning investigation. Directed by Robert Altman, this 1930s […]
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