Starring: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring Director: David Lynch Following a car wreck, a woman wanders lost and amnesiac until she is taken in by a friendly, aspiring actress, and they try to piece together what happened. At least, I think that's what this film is about... It's strange, dreamlike and surreal, and the ending has… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Mulholland Drive (2001)
Preview: Blood Father (2016)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, William H Macy Director: Jean-Francois Richet Link (Gibson) is an ex-con and recovering alcoholic who is trying to go straight and run his tattooing business out of his crumbling trailer, when his missing 17 year old daughter Lydia (Moriarty) resurfaces. At first he is just happy to have… Continue reading Preview: Blood Father (2016)
105 Must See Films: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin Director: James Foley A team of real estate sales people are told that only the top two sales people will keep their jobs, and they have about 24 hours to make a sale. But some of them feel that they can't make a sale without decent… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
105 Must See Films: Terms Of Endearment (1983)
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels Director: James L Brooks It's all about the mother-daughter relationship in this delightfully funny tear jerker. Aurora (MacLaine) is the most picky, difficult person. When her adult daughter Emma (Winger) gets married, she finds it hard to let go, but over time she finds herself starting… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Terms Of Endearment (1983)
Preview: Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, Dylan O'Brien, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez Director: Peter Berg A True Story About Real Heroes... Or so runs the tagline. Peter Berg is the guy who brought you Lone Survivor (he produced there, directs here), a film that I rather liked. Perhaps he likes the theme of heroism… Continue reading Preview: Deepwater Horizon (2016)
105 Must See Films: Cat People (1942)
Starring: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith Director: Jacques Tourneur A beautiful young Serbian woman is wooed by a man, but must resist, because she fears that when aroused by her emotions she will turn into a killer panther... Well, that's the idea anyway. What actually happens in this film is a lot sadder. Opening… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Cat People (1942)
Preview: War On Everyone (2016)
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Pena, Theo James, Tessa Thompson Director: John Michael McDonagh Two cops in Albuquerque coast their way through life using bribery, corruption and violence to get what they want. With their lassez faire, no holds barred attitude, they're on their chiefs last nerve, but when they start pulling a thread to find… Continue reading Preview: War On Everyone (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman Director: Roland Emmerich I remember when Independence Day it came out. It was a huge blockbuster, with one liners, an ensemble cast, and that shot of the White House being blown up. At the time, for some reason, than ending didn't seem improbable, it was just all big fun. This… Continue reading Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
105 Must See Films: The Fly (1986)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz Director: David Cronenberg A scientist meets a cute journalist at a party, (Goldblum and Davis) and takes her home to impress her with his matter transportation device. Whilst she documents his research, a romance developes, but one night, while drunk and in a jealous pique, the scientist puts himself into… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: The Fly (1986)
105 Must See Films: Days Of Heaven (1978)
Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepherd Director: Terrence Malick Terrence Malick doesn't make a lot of films, but this one, much like his previous film Badlands, feels so iconically 70's to me, with it's golden colours, imagery of America and it's young female voice over. More like a visual poem than a film, it… Continue reading 105 Must See Films: Days Of Heaven (1978)
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