Meet Joe Black is a romantic fantasy film from 1998 directed by Martin Brest. Brad Pitt plays the leading character, accompanied by Anthony Hopkins and Claire Forlani. Brad Pitt plays the role of Death, or Joe Black in this movie about life, passion and love. The film received mixed critical reviews but has since become …
The Shootist, released in 76, is an incredibly meta swang song movie. It featured gunslinging J.B.Books on his last limbs, looking for a quick and honorable way out before terminal cancer could render him an undignified husk of the man he once was. The symmetrization of John Wayne and his character, Books, is unmistakable. Not …
I’m sure we are all accustomed to the tunes and scenes from the renowned dance, musical, Footloose filmed in February 1984. The film follows the main character, Ren McCormack, on his journey as he makes his move from Chicago to a small town where he lives with his mother and auntie, and uncle. The film …
Trading Places is an American comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy from 1983. The film was directed by John Landis and it tells the story of an upper class stockbroker Louis Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) and streetwise thief and hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) swap circumstances to see how they fare in each …
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988) is widely considered one of the best pop-culture works of gothic surrealism of the late 20th century. An incredible success for what was only Burton’s 2nd ever feature-length movie, the film follows an unlucky couple who, having recently moved into an old country house in Connecticut, die in a car accident and …
The Truman Show (1998) is a psychological science fiction drama, starring Jim Carrey as the unsuspecting star of a reality television show, Truman Burbank. Truman’s story begins on a seemingly normal day in his home town, Seahaven, however, he’s about to discover that his life and everyone in it are not as they seem. When …
Fans of the gothic filmography of Tim Burton will no doubt be familiar with the director’s 4th feature film, Edward Scissorhands (1990). The cult classic tells the story of a young man (Edward), created and animated by a loving inventor in a secluded mansion at the edge of a suburban, American town. Tragically, the inventor dies …
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining which was released in 1980 has become an iconic horror movie loved by many – even if not by the author who wrote the original novel it was inspired by. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, the movie features several notable locations to establish the sinister …
Cop Land is a gritty, neo-noir film about a small New Jersey town, Garrison. The town is home to a number of New York Police Department officers who are involved in police corruption and racial profiling. The cast stars Robert de Niro as an internal affairs officer who comes to the town’s sheriff played by Sylvester …
In and out is an American comedy film that was released in 1997, and directed by Frank Oz. It stars actors such as Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart, Shalom Harlow, and Wilford Brimley. It is known as one of the first Hollywood attempts at a mainstream gay movie, with …
