Cult Classics

Humanity's journey into darkness has been an oft-visited creative well over the years. Be it 'Apocalypse Now', 'Breaking Bad' or 'Dante's Inferno', it is a subject that has compelled us for centuries. Is there some element of all of us, on some primal level, that wants to give in to that voice on the shoulder that just wants to throw it all on the bonfire and see what happens? Maybe. Regardless, these stories will likely never cease as long as we have a conscience. They are n

It seems hard to recall here in 2026, but there once was a time when Robert DeNiro was the man in the business of show. With a career forged in towering, serious, dramatic performances of range and seemingly unlimited skill - he was, at a certain time, the absolute best actor in the business and every new DeNiro film released was an event in and of itself.  However by 1988 he wanted a change of pace. Coming off the back of a memorable turn as Al Capone in Brian DePalma's 'Th

When thinking of great films starring the legend that is Jack Nicholson, few would immediately name this 1973 cult classic. However, Jack himself considers this his finest moment on screen, famously stating "I did it in that movie. That was my best role". When you watch this largely unheralded gem again now, it's not hard to see why.  At the dawn of 'New Hollywood', Hal Ashby became quite an important figure. However, by 1973 he was coming off the back of the abject failur

Tis the spooky season once more and thus time to revisit a film that, at the time of it's release, had a massive cultural impact, not only spawning multiple sequels but also spoofs and an almost entire new genre of hyper-aware teen slasher/comedy flicks for good measure. Directed by the 'sultan of shock', Wes Craven, and penned by future Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson, this film serves as the almost perfect amalgamation of both of these men's sensibilities - blending

"That rug really tied the room together" What happens when you take an abject stoner with no discernible income, skillset or education and throw him into the middle of a Raymond Chandler-eqsue noir thriller? This is the question that the Coen Brothers came to the table with when conceptualising this film. Coming off the back of the critically lauded and quite brilliant 'Fargo' (1996), the Coen Brothers, as they have tended to do throughout their career, followed up a dark cr

Before we review this film, the elephant in the room needs to be addressed: This plot is absolutely preposterous. I mean, absolutely "let's all drop acid and think of the maddest thing imaginable and let John Milius direct it" level bonkers.  Now that is out of the way, we can begin.  World War 3. Will it ever happen? Has it already happened? Who's to say? Famed Hollywood lunatic John Milius certainly had an opinion on how it might happen and this film was his testament to

"So I was sitting in my cubicle today and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." Before Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's 'The Office' there was 'Office Space', one of the first films to satirize the mundane realities of life in an average workplace. At the time of it's creation, Mike Judge was riding high off the ba

It seems that someone like Kevin Costner has, by this point, became a name so ubiquitous with movie stardom that you really don't ever feel the need to trace his career journey. He's one of those people you get the impression came out of the womb fully formed as Kevin Costner and someone happened to start filming him at some point in his mesmerisingly handsome life. However, like everyone else on planet earth, Kev also had to toil his way up the proverbial ladder until reachi