The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable – busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot spot. But Dalton's romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley.
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
Wasn’t quite as good as I remembered from watching it on BBC2 while stuck in a waiting room one evening in the mid-90s.
Watching it now gives me serious pandemic vibes of the “it may already be too late” kind…
★★★
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
You could be forgiven for thinking that “Crowe & Gosling as sort of anti-buddies in a 70s LA conspiracy/mystery comedy-thriller”, doesn’t sound like a banger but you might be surprised.
★★★★
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition.
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for protection. They all arrived in a hearse and will either leave in it $10,000 richer or leave in it dead!
Like an episode of Jonathan Creek… but I quite liked Jonathan Creek when I was kid.
Not really sure how this is running a 12 from the BBFC, though
★★★
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
Although the set up feels like a video game (lazy stereotypes, paper-thin characters, array of personalised weapons) I quite like it.
One of the few things thing I don’t like (aside from Stans) is the part where two mines go up like a gas station, while seven hand grenades don’t even inflict a scratch 🤷♀️
★★★
