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• Alien

  Alien 1979

  

  Hunter 1

  This whole thing is one big hoax.

  For all its emphasis on the sheer thrill of survival, there’s a deeper dissatisfaction betrayed beneath the shocks and scares of Alien.

  Sure,…

• Badlands

  Badlands 1973

  

  Justin Rossbacher ★★★★★

  One of Malick’s best

• The Empire Strikes Back

  The Empire Strikes Back 1980

  

  Josh Kirkland

  Had the pleasure of catching this one in a (almost totally empty) theater, and it didn’t disappoint. 

  Empire is one of those movies so engrained in popular culture, such a…

• Radioactive

  Radioactive 2019

  

  David Cuevas ★★ 8

  The greatest threat to modern cinema isn’t streaming services, comic book flicks, or even trend-setting cinematic universes…

  It’s the rise of the Oscar-bait biopic.

  Taking the life of an influential…

• V for Vendetta

  V for Vendetta 2005

  

  Evan ★★★★½ 31

  When people tell me Marvel comic book movies are better than DC comic book movies, I can't help but to laugh. Then I tell them to go watch: V for…

• Dante's Inferno

  Dante's Inferno 2007

  

  Kai Perrignon ★★★ 4

  Full watch confirmed my worst fears: this is mostly very lame, full of lazy every-phobic humour that prides itself on being progressive because it occasionally attacks easy targets like Fox…

• Logan's Run

  Logan's Run 1976

  

  Ira Brooker ★★★½ 3

  Now look, I dug Logan's Run, from the day-glo costuming to the clunky practical effects to the florid philosophizing to the ice-crazy kill-bot to the eternal radiance of Jenny Agutter.…

• Hardcore

  Hardcore 1979

  

  Thomas Flight ★★★★

  Neo-Noir where the worlds of the Dutch Reformation and porn meet.