Thelma & Louise
Two Southern redheads (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) go on the run after shooting a rapist in this 1991 road movie. Remember roads? One of the best films of the ’90s, […]
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Ocean’s Eleven
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) celebrates his release from prison by robbing three Las Vegas casinos, not including the Trump Casino because there’s presumably no money in it. Ocean’s Eleven is […]
A Clockwork Orange
In a dystopian Britain where people roam the streets in strange face masks, Alex (Malcolm MacDowell) and his gang of droogs engage in a nightly crime spree that makes The […]
Starship Troopers
Adapted from Robert A. Heinlein’s humans vs bugs novel, Starship Troopers is set in a techno fascist future where the director of Showgirls is still allowed to make movies. Director Paul […]
I’ve Never Seen… Casablanca
If anyone in the future is reading this, we’re all currently stuck indoors due to a virus that’s closed the cinemas (a massive blow to Sonic the Hedgehog fans) and […]
Captain Fantastic
Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) is an idealistic live-off-the-land type who raises his six children in the wilderness with all the skills they’ll need to survive after the apocalypse. Think Bear […]
Angels & Demons
A case of antimatter created by the Vatican is stolen from CERN in another case of antihistory so baffling it calls for a specialist. Unfortunately Indiana Jones, Lara Croft and […]
Commando
Sylvester Stallone claims this film was made in response to Rambo, during the Stallone/Schwarzenegger cinematic arms race that claimed more onscreen lives than the Cold War. An invincible ex-military man […]
Demons
The great thing about genre is that classics and VHS bargain bin staples are often one and the same. Demons is such a film; a “Spaghetti Splatter” cult favourite about a zombie […]
Why I was wrong about Star Trek: Insurrection
In 2015 I reviewed Star Trek: Insurrection. In that review I concluded it’s one of the worst Star Trek films, feeling more like a drawn out episode than a proper […]
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