If you like your vampires stylish and sexy, you probably like The Hunger. This was the directorial debut of Tony Scott, and its very much a case of style over substance – all billowing curtains, slow motion and expressionistic lighting. The ho-hum plot involves centuries-old modern-day vampire Catherine Deneuve and her partner David Bowie, who…
Flash Gordon
“Flash – aha! – saviour of the universe!” Even if you’ve never seen the 1980 version of Flash Gordon you’ve probably heard Queen’s bombastic title song. Its a knowingly ludicrous movie, which somehow manages to be both respectful (sort of) of the original 1940s movie serials and at at the same time firmly tongue in…
City Heat
City Heat is undeniably a very stupid, throwaway movie. Its all instantly forgettable, and ended up being a box office disappointment, but it has some fun moments. Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds co-star as, respectively, a cop and a private eye in 1930s Kansas City. The plot is irrelevant, though. Its all about the chemistry…
Foreign Correspondent
1940s Foreign Correspondent isn’t one of the best known Hitchcocks but it’s one of my favourites of all his movies. Joel McCrea stars as the wise-cracking US correspondent sent to Europe in the days before World War II who encounters kidnapping, murder and treachery across the continent. There is also fine and funny support from…
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is perhaps the most famous the late 60s/early 70s wave of American counter-culture movies. Dennis Hopper’s movie was both hugely successful and influential. I saw it at the cinema years ago, but I must admit I didn’t really “dig” it. Hopper and Peter Fonda play two hippie bikers taking a road trip through…