Movie Minx

<br /> Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore Directed by: Richard Kelly Plot: It’s just before the 1988 US presidential elections. Teenage boy starts sleep walking and having “delusions”. Meets a rabbit who informs him that the end of the world is coming. A jet plane engine also crashes into his room. [...]

<br /> Starring: Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Patricia Hitchcock (Hitch’s daughter) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Plot An upwardly-mobile young man meets a guy on a train, who suggests they “swap” murders – one wife, one father. Yuppie thinks the man is joking. He isn’t. Things get interesting. But is it any good? I love [...]

<br /> Starring: Robin Wright (pre-Sean Penn), Andre the Giant, Christopher Guest, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Mel Smith, Billy Crystal, etc etc Director: Rob Reiner (This is Spinal Tap, Primary Colors) Plot: Beautiful blond Buttercup (Wright) is kidnapped by a Spaniard, a giant and a cunning crook as she is waiting to marry a prince [...]

<br /> Starring: a serious Bruce Willis, a wise-beyond-his-years Haley Joel Osment, and a harrassed-looking Toni Collette Director: M Night Shyamalan (The Village, Signs) Plot: Boy sees dead people. Psychiatrist tries to help and twist ensues. But is it any good? Sixth Sense is remembered mostly for the then-11-year-old Osment’s knockout performance, a massive (and [...]

How many of us look at list of top-rated movies and say, “Must watch those one day” but never get around to it? Sure, we may have all seen Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, but what about 12 Angry Men, High Noon, Sunset Boulevard and all the other classics from the past 100 [...]