In the year 2047, a small group of astronauts spearheaded by Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne), are sent to investigate and salvage the spacecraft “Event Horizon”, a ship that disappeared without trace mysteriously seven years prior. The “Lewis and Clark” rescue ship begins the mission to discover the truth behind the disappearance, only to discover something far more terrifying in the process. A well made Sci-Fi that effortlessly blends various genres.
Hardened New England detective, Tom Nichols (Benicio Del Toro), begins to work a murder case in a quiet American town. Their victim is Summer Elswick (Matilda Lutz), with her boyfriend Will Grady (Justin Timberlake) and her former husband being two of the primary suspects. As the detective digs deeper, however, things become far more complex than he’d ever imagined. A slow detective-based drama that is certainly worthy of watch. Reptile is currently streaming on Netflix.
Fifteen years after brutally slaying his own sister on the night of Halloween in 1963, Michael Myers (Nick Castle) manages to escape from the mental institute that he was being held in, before returning to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to murder once again. An all-time great horror flick and one that featured the birth of an iconic soundtrack that is still commonly known to this day. Halloween is currently streaming on Netflix.
Barbie (Margot Robbie) and her fellow stereotypical dolls reside in the world of Barbieland, a society populated with different variations of Barbies and Kens, with the Kens being a group of withdrawn models who are treat like outcasts due to their personal traits. Beach Ken (Ryan Gosling) typically spends his time chasing Barbie before she soon suffers a crisis that leads her to question the world that she lives in and her own presence. A well marketed release that’s extremely different to most films of today.
Sometime in the distant future, a seven-person crew upon a commercial spaceship named “Nostromo”, stumble upon a distress call from a planet not too far away. Under obligation to investigate, the group descend onto the small planet, but quickly discover that the original message was a warning, not a distress call, before coming to the realisation that life is in fact prevalent there. Alien still manages to hold up in 2023 as being an extremely entertaining flick. It’s worth noting that Alien is currently streaming on Disney+.
A once-peaceful frontier town in the United States becomes victor of a vicious attach by outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his two followers. The trio begin gunning down their opposition while the town’s Undertaker, Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch), must chose between the blood money he’s been given for burying the people being murdered and the threat these people bring to his family. An underrated feature that comes highly recommended. Never Grow Old is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
The DC Review Blog - EST. 2020 