Midnight Cowboy
Cowboy-cosplayer Joe Buck (Jon Voight) swaps Texas dishwasher work for New York sex work, only to discover the popularity of cowboys is on the Wayne. John Schlesinger’s Oscar-winning drama is […]
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Wuthering Heights (2011)
The glass-shattering Kate Bush song is reimagined as a class-shattering film in Andrea Arnold’s 2011 adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Bleak even by Brontë standards, this earthy, elemental retelling of the […]
Independence Day
Will Smith encounters alien life in this Scientologist origin story from 1996. Roland Emmerich’s alien-invasion blockbuster has all the spectacle, subtlety and American flags one expects from the Master of […]
Totally Killer
A teenager (Kiernan Shipka) travels back in time to 1987 to stop a serial killer from terrorising big-haired high school girls, in this 2023 horror/comedy they should have called Terminator […]
Mission: Impossible 2
In this 2000 sequel, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must stop an evil scotsman (Dougray Scott) from unleashing a deadly virus, lest anyone other than Paramount should profit from the release […]
Pretty Woman
Millionaire loner Edward (Richard Gere) hires charismatic sex worker Vivian (Julia Roberts) in this 1990 rom-com they should have called My Fare Lady. Pretty Woman is a lot more charming […]
Jeepers Creepers
When driving home for spring break, two siblings (Gina Philips and Justin Long) encounter a demonic figure lining a church basement with corpses, in this 2001 horror flick they should have […]
Guys and Dolls
Broadway hustler Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) bets high-flying gambler Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) that he cannot take Christian missionary Sergeant Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons) on a date, in this 1955 […]
Miss Congeniality
When a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant, a tomboy undercover agent (Sandra Bullock) must convince America she is a beauty queen, or risks bringing the pageant […]
Krampus
A family accidentally summons the horniest Christmas devil since your mum. 2015’s Krampus was far from the first time the anti-Santa from German folklore had appeared in a festive horror […]
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