The Salute of the Jugger (1989)

The Salute of the Jugger (1989)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 19, 2001Post-Holocaust Sports Team
Interesting film directed by David Peoples, the screenwriter of Blade Runner, about a post-apocalyptic sports team. This avoids the cliches of the Mad Max film and creates an interesting future background

Household Saints (1993)

Household Saints (1993)
Rating: ★★★½
May 3, 2000Catholicism and Miracles
Warm and appealing film filled with great performances that takes place across two generations of an Italian-American family. An obsession with Catholic miracles takes over in the second half, although the film remains ambiguous to their actuality

Strange Days (1995)

Strange Days (1995)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 2, 2003Near Future Social Disorder/The Millennium/Virtual Memories
A Kathryn Bigelow directed Cyberpunk film scripted by James Cameron concerning an illicit technology that can replay memories. This offers a powerful vision of a socially divided L.A. on the eve of the millennium

Men in Black (1997)

Men in Black (1997)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 20, 2001Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency
A huge box-office hit in its day, this comedy turns UFO coverup conspiracy of on its head with the heroes part of an organisation that covers up the existence of aliens. This works thanks to a witty script, less so in director Barry Sonnenfeld's broad slapstick hand

Happy Accidents (2000)

Happy Accidents (2000)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 16, 2000Time Travel Romance
Clever and intelligent comedy where Marisa Tomei finds the perfect man (Vincent D'Onofrio) who also claims to be a time traveller from the future. The film sits in an appealing state of ambiguity about whether this is true

Chained (2012)

Chained (2012)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 30, 2013Serial Killer and His Young Companion
Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David, makes an extraordinary work about the relationship between a serial killer and his young male companion. A film that eschews big dramatics with startling effect. Vincent D'Onofrio gives one of his best performances

Jurassic World (2015)

Jurassic World (2015)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 13, 2015Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok
After two ho-hum sequels, this finally delivers a solid follow-up to Jurassic Park. Rather than just more scenes with dinosaurs chasing people, this comes with a bevy of fascinating ideas about seeing the park in operation and even some snide biting at corporate merchandising

Rings (2017)

Rings (2017)
Rating:
Apr 30, 2017Cursed Videotape/Haunting
The question you ask going in is after seven Japanese films and a tv series, a Korean film and two previous English-language films, what is left for filmmakers to wring out a third American The Ring film? The answer seems to be not much – just a rehash of the basics for the 18-25 crowd