Cutthroat Island
Internationally famed as the film that destroyed Carolco - and reputed to be an awful stinker. Dare you venture into Cutthroat Island?
Nicole Kidman
Hardly anybody watched Nicole Kidman in this small-scale Aussie drama. A family tears itself apart in the Outback - but is it worthy of re-examination?
Theme as a Guidepost
Theme matters. But I reckon writers don't need to use theme as a hammer to drive home a message. That doesn't mean it isn't there...
Mortal Engines
Is this film the poster child for big-budget, special effects heavy, story-light Hollywood nonsense? The answer may surprise you!
Steven Spielberg
When your feature film career as a director is (currently) 36 films long, there is bound to be a movie everyone has overlooked. Does it deserve to be, though?
Unhappy Endings
You've sat through 95% of the story and are giddy in expectation of the amazing finale! Which might never come, because endings are hard.
The Lone Ranger
Hey, so you remember how John Carter bombed for Disney? Yeah, The Lone Ranger was a Disney production and a colossal flop too. But - why?
Robert Downey Jr
Pull up, Tony Stark, pull up! There's a bright future just around the corner!
Broken Promises and Sad Jokers
You know why you opened the book or came to the cinema. The big question: did its creators know that was what you wanted? And what if they thought you wanted something else?
John Carter
In this instalment of "what the devil were they thinking", we discover how Disney handed a $250 million dollar movie over to a neophyte live-action director and then forgot how marketing worked
Jodie Foster
In between The Accused and Silence of The Lambs, Jodie Foster starred in exactly one film. Dennis Hopper cast her as the female lead in his 1990 project, Catchfire. Or should that be Backtrack?
The 13th Warrior
Vikings! Heroic muslim warriors! Michael Crichton! Antonio Banderas! John McTiernan! What could possibly go wrong?