Another directorial debut, and another film of which I have no recollection, which is strange because I’ve just watched the trailer and it looks absolutely stunning. I could have pulled any number of quotes to back that up but I’ll just go with this one from the Guardian - "stunningly beautiful… a gothic masterpiece that is often strangely overlooked."
A hospital porter bluffs his way into a doctor’s job and, unsurprisingly, it doesn’t end well. Paul McGann & Amanda Donohoe star.
Completely forgot I saw this at the cinema. Also forgot it was directed by Dennis Hopper. Have not forgotten that Jennifer Connolly is in it.
Another directorial debut, this time from National Treasure and classically trained luvvy Kenneth Branagh. Shakespeare has never really been my thing, so I’m fairly sure the battle scenes carried me through this one.
Near Dark marked Kathryn Bigelow out as a director to watch, but it came a bit too early for Admit One Daily. Not so this excellent follow-up. Plenty more Bigelow to come in the weeks and months ahead.
Not content with producing some of the biggest films of all time, Frank Marshall thought he’d have a go at Directing too. Not a bad first effort this. Unless you’re scared of spiders, of course.
Small aliens misinterpret a Halloween broadcast as a real invasion and head to Earth. That’s the film.
Matthew Broderick finds himself in another mob-adjacent story playing against a megastar co-star — this time Marlon Brando no less. Looking back at the reviews it seems critics liked it a lot, but clearly it didn’t leave much of an impression on me.
One of those films where you walk out of the cinema knowing you’ve seen something special. Scorsese firing on all cylinders, with a cast at the top of their game. Hard to believe this lost Best Picture to Dances with Wolves.
There’s a scene in this where a load of bikes suddenly shoot across a crossroads at night. I don’t know why, but it made a big impression on me at the time and it’s still the only thing I can clearly remember about the film.
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