Fail-Safe (1964)
Apr 17, 2001Nuclear War
Work of incredibly stark tension set amidst post-Cuban Missile Crisis nuclear anxieties with the US trying to recall a bomber that has been accidentally dispatched to drop an atomic bomb on Moscow
Sidney Lumet
Child’s Play (1972)
Aug 25, 2001Catholic Boys' Boarding School Sadism
Not to be confused with the Chucky films, this is a little-seen film about a series of sadistic games played by pupils that targets other pupils in a Catholic boys' boarding school
The Wiz (1978)
May 5, 2007All-Black Musical Wizard of Oz Remake
Musical modernisation of The Wizard of Oz relocated in New York City with an All-Black cast. Despite a clear budget arrayed, the film lumbers and never much comes to life
Deathtrap (1982)
Mar 6, 2001Whodunnit Parody/Ira Levin Adaptation
Adapted from an Ira Levin play, this is an hilarious parody of the whodunnit with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve engaged in a series of games trying to outsmart the other amid a series of brilliant whiplash reversals