The Doors
Despite its title The Doors (1991) isn’t a film about the band but rather its frontman Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer). The Doors comes as part of a cycle of films… Read more »
Skyscraper
What is there to say about Skyscraper (2018)? Sure it combines the high octane thrills of Die Hard (1988) and The Towering Inferno (1974) without the wit of the former… Read more »
True Confessions
True Confessions (1981) is a thoughtful character study dressed up as a whodunnit. The mystery at the heart of the film isn’t the identity of the killer, but what two… Read more »
Faraday
“As if she was a Blu-Ray and he was a screener.” The title character of the film Faraday (2013) is an aspiring paranormal investigator who moves into a cheap apartment… Read more »
Robot Jox
Today Robot Jox (1989) is best known as the progenitor of Pacific Rim (2013) that features a robot suit with a chainsaw penis. Guillermo del Toro borrowed a lot from… Read more »
House Of Usher
House Of Usher (1960) is the film that began Roger Corman’s cycle of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations starring Vincent Price. House Of Usher and the Poe adaptations that followed it… Read more »
In The Cut
Jane Campion’s In The Cut (2003) is an erotic thriller drenched in sepia tones that re-imagines its idiom as a distinctly feminine experience. The rampant misogyny that often dominates the… Read more »
Joy
Joy (Sharon Mitchell in her debut) is a high school girl on summer break who is saving herself until she gets married. That is until she is sexually assaulted by… Read more »
Black Cat II
In Black Cat II (1992) the identity crisis is over and the battle for physical and emotional autonomy is lost. Jade Leung’s Black Cat is literally a commodity; a weapon… Read more »
Black Cat
Jade Leung stars in Black Cat (1991), an unabashed imitation of Luc Besson’s international hit La Femme Nikita (1990). The film follows Jade Leung as she completes her “Black Cat”… Read more »
