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

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 more scenes with dinosaurs chasing people, this comes with some fascinating ideas about seeing the park in operation

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