The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) commands the loyalty of his bandits as they commit infamous train robberies, but when loner Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) tries to become part of the […]
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Southern Comfort
A hapless band of soldiers in the National Guard are on a training mission in the forests of Louisiana. When a gung-ho member of the team play-fires at a group […]
Last Tango in Paris
This is not, it turns out, a film about Marlon Brando trying to buy the last foul-tasting soft drink in the French capital. It’s actually a French/Italian drama about Marlon […]
Instinct
Anthony Hopkins is an incarcerated doctor with a violent past, surprising physical strength and a penchant for drawing. An ambitious youngster (Cuba Gooding Jr) is sent in to do a psychiatric evaluation, […]
The Mummy (1959)
An British archaeologist (Peter Cushing) is exploring an Egyptian tomb in the late 19th Century. He is warned by a local fez wearer that bad things will happen to the […]
Some Guy Who Kills People
Kenny (Kevin Corrigan) is an aspiring artist who works in an ice cream parlour. A man of few words, his world is shaken when his estranged daughter shows up, and […]
Foxy Brown
Tagline: “A chick with drive who don’t take no jive! “ Pam Grier plays Foxy Brown, a sassy, sexy, hardass woman with the most subtle name since Pussy Galore. Foxy […]
Barton Fink
Barton Fink (John Turturro) is a struggling play-write in 1940s Los Angeles. When he’s commissioned to write a wrestling movie, he finds the transition to the big screen hard, spending his days pondering […]
Hobo With a Shotgun
Rutger Hauer, who you might remember from such films as Blade Runner and…er…Blade Runner, plays a hobo who arrives in a town that’s the lowest of the low. It’s so […]
Maniac
Alfred Hitchcock was an influential director, no doubt about it, but some films show his influence more than others. I reviewed Martin Scorsese’s homage to Hitchcock, Cape Fear, where we […]
