But I’m a Cheerleader
A cheerleader (Natasha Lyonne) discovers who she is in this ’90s comedy, not to be confused with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Jamie Babbit (who would go on to direct Gilmore […]
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Audio Commentary
You’d be forgiven for not remembering Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, since the two most recent installments in the franchise forgot it too, but if you do you may […]
Basic
DEA interrogator and former Army Ranger Tom Hardy (John Travolta) is brought in to investigate the apparent murder of Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson), who disappeared while on manoeuvres […]
The Terminator
1984 proved a mixed year for sci-fi – some successful (Ghostbusters), some flops (Dune) and some no one remembers at all (a 2001 sequel called 2010). But none had such […]
Charade
On a European skiing holiday (why’s it always a skiing holiday?) interpreter Reggie Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) encounters a handsome stranger (Cary Grant) before her return to Paris. When she arrives, […]
The Last Supper
This 1995 dark comedy sees a group of murderous liberals (Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner and Courtney B. Vance) inviting conservatives to dinner where poisoned wine is […]
A Simple Favor
Blake Lively turns deadly in Paul Feig’s 2018 incest comedy. And if you’re thinking “but incest isn’t funny,” in this case you’d be right. The incest subplot also has no […]
The Man Who Knew Too Much
A couple, Jill and Bob Lawrence (Edna Best and Leslie Banks), are on a skiing holiday in the Alps with daughter Betty (Nova Pilbeam). When a holiday friend (Pierre Fresnay) […]
I’ve Never Seen… Dirty Dancing
Patrick Swayze shows off his mambo skills in the Catskills in this 1987 dance-and-abortion classic. There are two interesting things about Dirty Dancing and they’re both Gilmore Girls related: the choreography […]
Let’s Make it Legal
Apparently the title of this film is something to do with marriage, but all I could think of was Palpatine talking to those racist aliens in The Phantom Menace… The […]
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