Ju-on: The Grudge
This is the Japanese chiller from 2002 as opposed to the Sarah Michelle Gellar remake which I refuse to watch for the same reasons I won’t see the Naomi Watts Ring remake. I’m […]
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Nashville
If I were to recommend a mostly-improvised 2-hour-40-minute film, more than one-third of which is country music, you’d probably say: “How did you get into my house?” But Robert Altman’s […]
Swamp Thing
After an explosion in his lab turns Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise) into the Swamp Thing (Dick Durock), he and government agent Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau) must evade capture by the evil Dr. Anton […]
The Craft
Four amateur witches (Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True) find that witchcraft is no joke in this oddly humourless teen movie from 1996. Around this time, TV’s Buffy and Wes Craven’s Scream spearheaded a […]
Ichi the Killer
One of eight films Takashi Miike made in 2001, this Japanese cult classic follows a yakuza gang whose boss goes missing; for most of us a cause for celebration, but sadomasochistic enforcer Kakihara (Tadanobu […]
Dancehall Queen
Marcia (Audrey Reid) is a down-on-her luck single mother who sells drinks outside the local dancehall. She dreams of another life, so visits the dancehall in a disguise, where, thanks […]
Fantastic Four (1994)
We recently reviewed After Earth, in which we concluded that the desire to humour a spoilt rich kid is not a well from which a quality film can spring. But […]
Dark Victory
When a young socialite (Bette Davis) is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, she needs to come to terms with her early death, with the support of a sexy neurosurgeon […]
Lifeforce
Based on the novel The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson, Lifeforce is a 1985 sci-fi horror directed by the late Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) and written by Don Jakoby (Evolution) and […]
Mississippi Burning
This 1988 Oscar-winner recalls a sorry period in Mississippi’s history. Alan Parker’s film is set in 1964, a time when the American president chose not to openly support violent, racist […]
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