Arachnophobia

After moving to the small town of Canaima, California, hoping to open a practice, doctor Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) looks into a series of mysterious deaths that might be caused…

The Revenant: Back from the Dead

Leonardo DiCaprio. Photo: 20th Century Fox The movie business is full of strange rumors, exaggerations and lies. As a journalist it is sometimes difficult to navigate around them, especially when…

Eyes Wide Shut 

After attending a Christmas party that results in an argument with his wife (Nicole Kidman), New York doctor Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) leaves their apartment and is ultimately tempted to…

The 39 Steps: Another Man Knows Too Much

Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. Photo: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation In 1934, Alfred Hitchcock had turned his first film for Gaumont British, a thriller called The Man Who Knew Too Much,…

Barbarella 

In the distant future, Barbarella (Jane Fonda) is ordered by the President of Earth to find a man who is in possession of a weapon that could threaten the planet.…

Planes, Trains & Automobiles 

After a business trip to New York City, Neal Page (Steve Martin) is trying to get home to his family in Chicago for Thanksgiving, but frequently gets stuck with a…

All the King’s Men: A Populist Menace

Broderick Crawford. Photo: Columbia In other reviews I’ve previously used the example of John Wayne at his most reactionary. Well, this is no exception. He was considered for the lead…

Holy Mess 

Simon and Oscar (Anastasios Soulis, Anton Lundqvist) invite their whole families for Christmas… but haven’t told them that a woman is moving in and that they’re all having a baby.…

Joyeux Noël: One Night of Peace

Photo: Sony Pictures Classics 2015 has in many ways been an awful year, with heinous terrorist acts, a never-ending war in Syria, a refugee crisis in Europe, and a resurgent…