Westworld (1973)

Westworld (1973)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 24, 2001Android Amusement Park Amok
A hit for novelist Michael Crichton who made his directorial debut here. Themes of machines going amok run throughout Crichton's work and here he comes up with the ingenious idea of a Western simulation playground using androids that proceed to turn against the humans

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 24, 2002Overgrown Adolescent's Nonsense Adventures
Pee-Wee Herman is someone who polarises crowds to love or extreme hate. The was the first film from Tim Burton who seems charmingly attuned to the kitsch banality of Pee-Wee's universe

Lost City Raiders (2008)

Lost City Raiders (2008)
Rating: ★★
Nov 26, 2025Tomb Raiding Adventures in a Drowned Future
A conceptually peculiar mix of Indiana Jones and Waterworld about tomb raiding adventures in a drowned future and the quest for Moses’s staff to turn back the riding floodwaters of Global Warming

Spielberg (2017)

Spielberg (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 23, 2017Steven Spielberg Documentary
Documentary made for HBO about director Steven Spielberg in which he reflects on his life and films. The documentary tends to focus more on his major hits and skips his minor films but does give worthwhile insight into Spielberg, his life and formative years