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Retrospective

A collection of articles written about films celebrating a notable anniversary at the time.

Film Review Retrospective

A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (1990)

An introverted girl just reaching adulthood takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and tries to pair her with her father, despite him already having a lover...

by Cian McGrath 29th March 202529th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

TOKYO OLYMPIAD (1965)

Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo...

by Lance Li 28th March 202529th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

CRIMSON TIDE (1995)

On a US nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger-happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

by Cian McGrath 28th March 202528th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010)

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.

by Cian McGrath 26th March 202526th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

BOY (2010)

An 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan, living in New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father...

by Cian McGrath 25th March 202525th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

KICK-ASS (2010)

A high school student and comic-book fan decides to become a superhero, despite having no powers, training, or reason to do so...

by Cian McGrath 24th March 202524th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

FRIDAY THE 13th PART V: A NEW BEGINNING (1985)

Tommy Jarvis, who as a child killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.

by Devon Elson 21st March 202521st March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

PRETTY WOMAN (1990)

A rich entrepreneur hires a prostitute to accompany him to social events, but he falls in love with her and tries to bridge the gap between their worlds.

by Cian McGrath 21st March 202521st March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

DOLORES CLAIBORNE (1995)

A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

by Dan Perrin 20th March 202520th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

CHILDREN OF PARADISE (1945)

The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.

by Lance Li 19th March 202520th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

THE HOLE (1960)

Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison break scheme.

by Cian McGrath 19th March 202519th March 2025
Film Review Retrospective

ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000)

A flamboyant law firm secretary works tirelessly to gain justice for a small town wrecked by a utility company's pollution.

by Cian McGrath 14th March 202514th March 2025
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