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  • Baadasssss Cinema (2002)
    Review preview for Baadasssss Cinema

    I only wish there was more of it.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about the 1970s blaxploitation films.
  • Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
    Review preview for Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey

    It's William Sadler, as Death, who steals the show.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A totally evil future dude sends uncool robots back in time to kill the most righteous Bill S Preston esquire and Ted 'Theodore' Logan.
  • Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011)
    Review preview for Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel

    Captivating and informative.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Tracks the triumphant rise of Hollywood’s most prolific writer-director-producer, the godfather of independent filmmaking.
  • Escape From LA (1996)
    Review preview for Escape From LA

    Degenerates into a haphazard mish-mash of special effects, action set pieces and largely pointless cameos.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 2 out of 5
    By-the-numbers remake-cum-sequel to Escape from New York.
  • Holy Smoke (1999)
    Review preview for Holy Smoke

    Jane Campion sets herself high standards... To say that Holy Smoke feels less of a whole than her previous work is not to dismiss it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A man who reprogrammes cult victims meets his match in an Aussie from an ashram.
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
    Review preview for Jackie Brown

    The language is street smart, rather than clever chic and the acting inspires.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    An air hostess becomes involved in a plot to take down a drug dealer.
  • John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars (2001)
    Review preview for John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars

    Having the director's name in the title implies there's another Ghosts Of Mars somewhere. If so, choose it, because this has feathers and won't live to see Christmas.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Law enforcement officers on Mars are attacked by Alice Cooper lookalikes in a mining town.
  • The L Word (2005)
    Review preview for The L Word

    Has plenty to satisfy gay and straight, male and female audiences.

    Leanne McGrath · 3 out of 5
    The loves, lusts and laughs of lipstick lesbians in LA.
  • Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
    Review preview for Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    While the documentary doesn't shy away from some of the more unscrupulous practices it works as a love letter to a period where all bets were off and anything could happen.

    David Graham · 4.5 out of 5
    A documentary celebrating the Filipino exploitation films of the Seventies and Eighties, where lax health and safety regulations led to remarkable thrills.
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
    Review preview for Mars Attacks!

    Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well - or so completely.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Little green men invade the Earth.
  • Snow Day (2000)
    Review preview for Snow Day

    If you cared, you would weep. But you don't. You scream.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Students take revenge when their school is snowed in.

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