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). […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Survival of the Dead
George A. Romero’s zombie saga takes an unexpectedly Irish turn in this final chapter they should have called St. Patrick’s Day of the Dead. In a first for the franchise, […]
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Georgia Nicolson (Georgia Groome) is 14 going on incessantly about snogging in this 2008 adaptation of the UK’s 127th favourite book. I know I’m not the target audience for this […]
Catwoman
Halle Berry goes from Monster’s Ball to hairball in this piece of shit godawful movie – not my words, but those of one Halle Berry. Released two years after Berry’s […]
Final Destination 2
A 25-year-old college student (A. J. Cook) witnesses a traffic collision that turns out to be a premonition (and not just the cast’s careers going up in in flames). After […]
Watcher
This 2022 psychological thriller follows Julia (Maika Monroe), an American who moves to Bucharest and becomes convinced she is being watched through her window; a heightened risk in Romania since […]
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