Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1991)
Jan 6, 2001Girl Biker Gang vs Zombies
That rarity of rarities - a quite good Troma film. The zombies are not up to much but the titular girl motorcycle gang are surprisingly well rounded characters
Billy Bob Thornton
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Nov 30, 1999Anime/Epic Fantasy
Stunning work of fantasy from Hayao Miyazaki. Made on an epic-sized story canvas and with a breathtaking beauty, this is one of the few original screen works to capture something of the nature and scale of written epic fantasy
Armageddon (1998)
Jul 31, 1999Asteroid on a Collision Course with Earth
It has been a long time since one has seen a film that so relentlessly celebrates its own brainlessness. Michael Bay directs an asteroid collision film amid plenty of loud noise, mass destruction, flag-waving patriotism and resolute heroism
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
Nov 16, 2001Film Noir Thriller/UFOs
Coen Brothers black comedy with Billy Bob Thornton as an anonymous barber in the 1940s on the receiving end of life's cruelties as he becomes involved in a blackmail scheme and murder
The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
Mar 20, 2009Man Builds His Own Rocket
The Polish Brothers are a greatly underrated force in US filmmaking. Here they make a fine film with Billy Bob Thornton as an everyday farmer who decides to build and launch his own space rocket
Eagle Eye (2008)
Oct 9, 2008Surveillance Thriller/A.I. Amok
Shia LaBeouf ends up on the run from the FBI in a conspiracy involving an A.I. A thriller about the surveillance society that, despite much sound and fury, finds almost nothing to say about its subject
Puss in Boots (2011)
Nov 17, 2011Animation/Talking Cat Adventurer
Spinoff of the popular Antonio Banderas voiced character from the Shrek sequels, this is lightweight and amiable but can be quickly forgotten
London Fields (2018)
Jul 6, 2020Near Future/Femme Fatale/Precognitive Dream
Based on an acclaimed book that was at one point to be directed by David Cronenberg, this opened to a torrent of bad reviews but is not uninteresting. A near future setting, precignitive dreams and Amber Heard as a jaw-dropping femme fatale.