The Changeling
Not to be confused with Middleton’s Changeling (1998) or Changeling (2008), The Changeling (1980) is a chiller about a man named John (George C. Scott) haunted by the death of […]
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
This Universal creature feature from 1954 follows a marine biology expedition to the Amazon where the titular merman does to the crew what The Mummy did to the Dark Universe. […]
Loving Vincent
Armand (Douglas Booth), the son of Vincent Van Gogh’s postman (Chris O’Dowd) is asked to deliver one final, posthumous letter to Vincent’s beloved brother Theo. After hearing Theo has also […]
North to Alaska
John Wayne plays Sam, a prospector who discovers he’s literally sitting on a goldmine under some land he’s claimed in America’s northernmost territory. He heads north, collecting his friend’s bride-to-be […]
We Own the Night
Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby, a nightclub manager who has disappointed his dad and brother (Robert Duvall and Mark Whalberg) by not following in their policing footsteps. But when his club […]
Copying Beethoven
A musical nun, Anna (Diane Kruger), gets a job as a copyist for Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris) but he’s a tough boss, owing to his messy lifestyle, unpleasant habits […]
Lincoln
In January 1865 Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) seeks to pass the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in order to prohibit slavery before the end of the Civil […]
Predator
The horrifying story of a rescue team attacked in Central America, Predator is essentially a jungle-based version of Alien, although that’s no reason to try to combine the two franchises […]
Interview with the Vampire
A San Francisco journalist (Christian Slater) meets with Louis (Brad Pitt), a man claiming to be a centuries old vampire. Louis recounts the remarkable tale of how he was created […]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The release of the Terrance and Phillip movie leads to a war with Canada after Kyle’s mum accuses the nation of corrupting America’s children. In 1999 South Park was only […]
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