Amanda Plummer

The Fisher King (1991)

The Fisher King (1991)
Rating: ★★★★½
Sep 14, 2002Modern-Day Grail Quest
Terry Gilliam's finest moment, a modernised knightly quest where radio dj Jeff Bridges is dragged into helping homeless man Robin Williams find the Holy Grail. A film made by its performances and warm and eventually soaring characterisations
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Nostradamus (1994)

Nostradamus (1994)
Rating: ★★
Oct 28, 2001Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Biopic of the so-called prophet Nostradamus, although this seems more interested in depicting him as a progressive thinker of his era than as a prophet. Directed by Roger Christian who next went on to make Battlefield Earth
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Freeway (1996)

Freeway (1996)
Rating: ★★★½
Jun 30, 2010Modernised Little Red Riding Hood/Juvenile Delinquent Drama
Matthew Bright's extraordinary modernisation/trashing of Little Red Riding Hood who becomes Reese Witherspoon's juvenile delinquent who goes hitchhiking and is targeted by serial killer Kiefer Sutherland
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The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
Rating: ★★
Feb 4, 2001Near Future Fleapit Hotel Murder Mystery
Wim Wenders film from a story idea by U2's Bono set around the down-and-outs at a fleapit hotel slightly into the future. The film circles around a cast of eccentrics without ever really coming together
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Vampire (2011)

Vampire (2011)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 29, 2013Serial Killer with a Blood-Drinking Fetish
Technically not a vampire film at all, rather about a kind and caring serial killer with a blood-drinking fetish who frequents suicide support boards looking for victims. A remarkable film, shot in a plain, unaffected manner and managing to discover an extraordinary intimacy between the characters
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 23, 2013Future Televised Human Hunting/Social Revolution
The first sequel to the box-office juggernaut. The surprise is that it spends defies most of the things that made the first film, not to mention has made one of the year's biggest box-office hits into a parable for Marxist revolution
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