Take 5: Favourite Openings in Film
A hook. Screenwriters know every script needs one. Some writers who gleefully break the rules, but it’s hard to find a movie that avoids...
TWO HEADS CREEK (2019)
A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit post-Brexit Britain and adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother... but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
TENET (2020)
A Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC (2020)
Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, two would-be rockers find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfil their destiny.
THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)
In the future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil at bay.
THE HIGH NOTE (2020)
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
BLACK TEST CAR (1962) • THE BLACK REPORT (1963)
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
DESPERADO (1995)
Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin and his gang.
PROJECT POWER (2020)
When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
HOST (2020)
Six friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during lockdown, but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong.
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (1999)
A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.