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Buster’s Mal Heart
Rami Malek is at his most outstandingly oddball in this surreal thriller. Dark and desperate stuff. →
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The Killers (1964)
A stylish, brutal and nihilistic action thriller that had me hooked until the end, even without anyone to root for. →
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Midnight Run
One of the all-time great 80s buddy films with everything you expect from the genre: double-crosses, male bonding, desperate jumps into rivers, the works. →
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Just an absolute car crash of a film. No budget, terrible locations, nothing about this works, nothing redeems it, nobody comes out looking ok. Highly recommended. →
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Superman III
A fairly dull sequel that favours overlong slapstick comedy over heroic action, but a film that gave us Evil Superman vs. Clark Kent in a junk yard can’t be all that bad →
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What Happened to Monday
A fun sci-fi action piece with Noomi Rapace going full Orphan Black playing seven versions of herself. Decent action, a taut script, thoughtful plotting. →
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Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Surprisingly decent sequel that does the best it can with a dramatically-reduced budget. Nothing outstanding but if you’re a fan of Tremors then this doesn’t hurt →
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The Comedy of Terrors
A fantastic cast and a mean, dark story, but let down by incredibly broad comedy. Film may as well be waggling its eyebrows at the audience with every gag. →
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Supernatural Forces
A scrappy homage to early Cronenberg, this supernatural thriller isn’t a great film but it’s got plenty of enthusiasm and some fantastic practical head-exploding effects, both of which counts for a lot →
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Miracle Mile
An apocalyptic thriller set across a single night and day that’s so preposterously 80s I couldn’t help but love it. →
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The Bleeder
A decent enough biopic of Chuck Wepner, the man who inspired Rocky. Nothing particularly original, but it’s attractively shot and thoughtfully performed. →
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Respectable historical drama set during the 1960s Nigerian civil war. Strong performances, though the story wanders around a bit →
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
A decent sequel, and probably an improvement on the theatrical cut, but its use of test footage and an ending ripped from the first film makes this more of a historical curio than anything. →
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Superman
Feels absolutely timeless, and Christopher Reeve is forever perfect in the role. I can even forgive that godawful poem scene. →
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Peter Pan (1953)
All the expected charm of a Disney film from that period, though some of that wears pretty thin during the dubious ‘Red Indian’ sequences. →
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Good Time
A bracing, exhilarating chase flick, all lurid neon and John Carpenter-esque synth soundtrack. Couldn’t tear my eyes away. Robert Pattinson excels. →
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The Counselor
A ponderous, philosophising thriller; often the case with a Ridley Scott film, it does nothing, but it does so immaculately. →
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Coincidence-driven plotting, a baffling, lop-sided structure, so many nits to be picked, but I loved it, and may never entirely understand why. →
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Free Fire
An appealing mix of elements — cast, outfits, action, soundtrack — that somehow still never came together into anything I cared about. →
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Becoming Bond
Fantastic dramatisation/documentary of how George Lazenby became James Bond. Funny, moving, absolutely lovely. →