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Will easily hook a contemporary audience. Especially stylish in its narrative choices

The concept of a female President was so alien to Hollywood

A dislocated, fractured film about disjointed, fractured people

Discover the compelling performances that elevate this film about 1,933 passengers facing unseen fates. Explore the nuanced, underplayed politics.

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s If there is such a thing, qualifies as the thinking person’s Hammer horror picture. More atmospheric than usual, creepy rather than shocking, and with greater emphasis on psychology and loss than you’d expect to find in a Hammer film. No recognizable stars either...

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Self-important essay on the self-entitlement of journalists who see themselves as victims, hated by the authorities whose activities they expose and hated by the public for being so cold-blooded – it opens with a television cameraman getting footage of dead people in a...

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s You get the impression this is the kind of movie that contemporary “visionary” directors think they are making when they focus on an unlikeable obsessive character causing chaos all around. It’s not just star quality they are missing – who wouldn’t give their...

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Two brothers battle inhospitable terrain, warring tribes and a sadistic sergeant major in a  remake of the classic tale. The title translates as “noble and generous gesture” and is a pun on the name of hero Michael Geste (Guy Stockwell), an American hiding...

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s “I owe you some pain,” barks the heavy to hero in one of the memorable lines in this classy thriller with surprisingly contemporary overtones. Underlying this tale of amnesiac David Stillwell (Gregory Peck) recovering his memory are themes of personal commitment, commitment to...

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s We’re two years away from the 100th anniversary of the death of feminist icon and pioneering dancer Isadora Duncan, but this movie has been in cold storage virtually since its release, so I’m wondering whether its sudden appearance on Amazon will trigger any interest...

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s The potential for leering – given the squads of bikinied beauties, cleavage abounding and partial nudity a prerequisite in the standard James Bond picture  – could have gone into the stratosphere. So it’s to the producer’s credit that they opted to drop ogler-in-chief...