The Singing Detective (1986)
Jun 10, 2024Meta-Fiction/Detective Story Daydreams
One of the most extraordinary works ever made for tv. From the pen of Dennis Potter, a mini-series that blends film noir, meta-fiction and autobiography
Jon Amiel
Copycat (1995)
May 11, 2003Serial Killer Thriller
Strong and effective serial killer thriller that was overlooked by the success of the same year's much more high profile Se7en. Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter give excellent performances in a finely tuned script
Entrapment (1999)
May 6, 1999Millennial Caper Thriller
Caper thriller with the gimmick of being set on the turning of the millennium, this is otherwise an empty-headed exercise where slick marketing triumphs over credible scripting over even connection between the leads
The Core (2003)
Jun 9, 2003Journey to the Centre of the Earth
A CGI disaster film about a journey to the centre of the Earth to restart the magnetic core. This is a film construed as no more than a series of spectacular self-contained disaster set-pieces, often irrespective of any of them making sense