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Retrospective

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

Film Review Retrospective

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011)

A plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious woman who holds the key to his obsession.

by Cian McGrath 13th August 202613th August 2026
Film Review Retrospective

HALF NELSON (2006)

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.

by Cian McGrath 6th August 20266th August 2026
Film Review Retrospective

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011)

A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.

by Michele Vigorita 5th August 20265th August 2026
Film Review Retrospective

THE ROCKETEER (1991)

A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.

by Remy Dean 30th July 202630th July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

A TIME TO KILL (1996)

A young Mississippi lawyer defends a black man who killed the two white men that raped his preteen daughter.

by Michele Vigorita 26th July 202626th July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

ANOTHER EARTH (2011)

Tragedy connects a young woman and a shattered music professor as an exact replica of Earth is discovered.

by Cian McGrath 16th July 202616th July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)

A fashionable sorority queen follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, where she discovers that there's more to her than just looks.

by Cian McGrath 10th July 202610th July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

A SCANNER DARKLY (2006)

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

by Cian McGrath 7th July 20267th July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)

Mankind faces a global alien invasion, with only a disparate mix of survivors (including the President of the USA, an MIT-engineer, and a fighter jet pilot), standing in their way...

by Dan Owen 4th July 20264th July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

BREAKING THE WAVES (1996)

When an oilman is paralysed in an accident, his wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another man.

by Cian McGrath 3rd July 20263rd July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001)

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

by Dan Perrin 2nd July 20262nd July 2026
Film Review Retrospective

THE NAKED GUN 2½: THE SMELL OF FEAR (1991)

Lieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.

by Devon Elson 30th June 20261st July 2026
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PRESSURE (2026)

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