A rather shocking amount of new additions, if we do say so ourselves!
Did you see that headline?
FIFTY-FOUR MOVIES!
Let us get right into this, shall we?
Starting with…
ANALYZE THIS & ANALYZE THAT
Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal star in two comedies about a mobster and his therapist. This is good. That is not.
BEETLEJUICE
Future Batman Michael Keaton got the role of the Caped Crusader thanks to his first collaboration with Tim Burton in this bonkers, eye-popping dark comedy.
THE BOOK OF ELI
Denzel Washington stars in this post-apocalyptic action-thriller that has developed a bit of a cult following over the years.
BLACK MASS
An all-star cast headed up by Johnny Depp feature in this biopic of famed mobster-turned-informant Whitey Bulger.
BLADE RUNNER
The seminal sci-fi movie.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
The Rock and Kevin Hart headline this decent action-comedy.
COLLATERAL BEAUTY
When a business exec (Will Smith) suffers from depression following his daughter’s death, his fellow executives go to some major lengths to remove him from the business. A very weird, not-good movie.
CRAZY STUPID LOVE
Ryan Gosling, Steve Carrell, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore feature in a great romantic comedy.
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Brad Pitt re-teams with his Se7en/Fight Club director for a fantasy tale about a man who ages backwards.
DEEP BLUE SEA
Killer sharks with giant brains try to murder the scientists that created them. One of the funnest, dumbest movies of all time.
THE DISASTER ARTIST
James Franco, Seth Rogen and loads more of Hollywood’s funniest folk dive into the making of The Room; notoriously one of the worst movies ever made.
FALLEN
The ghost of an executed serial killer is able to travel between bodies simply by touch, and it seems to be seeking out the detective (Denzel Washington) that put him in prison.
FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH
A look back over the formation of the band, parallel with them recording their seventh studio album, Wasting Light.
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers star in this so-bad-it’s-good action thriller.
GAMER
Prisoners are controlled by gamers in this sci-fi action-thriller, with one inmate (Gerard Butler) looking to break free of the system. Very violent, somewhat fun.
GODZILLA
The 2014 version, with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. A good monster movie.
GREEN LANTERN
Ryan Reynolds’ first attempt at being a superhero. A big dud.
THE HOUSE
A bored couple (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) set up a casino in their home, and things quickly spiral out of control. Some decent laughs.
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA
Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Holland and more star in Ron Howard’s big budget adaptation of Moby Dick.
INTO THE STORM
A found-footage variant on the terrible-weather disaster movie. Not good.
THE IRON GIANT
Vin Diesel and Jennifer Aniston lend their vocal talents to one of the greatest animated movies of all time.
JUST MERCY
Based on a true story of a young attorney (Michael B. Jordan) who represents poor people on Death Row, who he believes weren’t given a fair trial.
KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
Guy Ritchie’s big budget adaptation of the classic legend has Charlie Hunnam as the potential future king. Looks good, but only kinda fun.
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Ridley Scott’s messy but humungous retelling of the 12th century Crusades. Orlando Bloom is miscast as the heroic lead, but everything else around him is pretty good.
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
An all-star cast feature in this movie about a big hairy monster. A decent. creature feature.
LIFE OF PI
Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name, about a young boy surviving on a lifeboat with a tiger and a monkey.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Steve Carrell, Toni Collette and loads more star in this heart-warming road-trip com-dram.
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
Mel Gibson and (checks notes) Tina Turner headline this post-apocalyptic action threequel.
ME, MYSELF & IRENE
Jim Carrey reunites with the directors of Dumb & Dumber to play a police officer with dissociative identity disorder.
THE MONUMENTS MEN
George Clooney gets a load of his mates round for this not-great WWII action-drama.
MORTAL KOMBAT
The 1995 original live-action adaptation. Bad, but we still love it.
MOULIN ROUGE!
Baz Luhrmann’s much-loved romantic musical with Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.
OBSESSED
Exactly the kind of movie Beyoncé would never make today.
OCEAN’S 11, 12 & 13
Clooney, Pitt, Damon and more in the great, then not great, then only okay trilogy of heist capers.
PRETTY WOMAN
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in iconic rom-com form.
THE PROPOSAL
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in fine-but-forgettable rom-com form.
REAL STEEL
Giant robots punch each other, and Hugh Jackman is a giant robot trainer. Don’t ask questions, it is kinda fun.
RICHARD JEWELL
Clint Eastwood directs this based-on-a-true-story drama about a man (played by Paul Walter Hauser) who helps thwart a bomb threat, only to become the prime suspect in the bombing.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
The camp classic with all of those songs you don’t realise you know every word of.
RUN ALL NIGHT
Liam Neeson, Ed Harris and Joel Kinnaman star in this decent action-thriller about a hitman who turns on his good friend/mob boss once family gets involved.
RUSH HOUR & RUSH HOUR 2
The first of the action comedies with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan is pretty good, but the second is not. Neither have aged particularly well, either.
SEX & THE CITY 2
Avoid.
SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT
Oscar-nominated for Best Song, thanks to ‘Blame Canada’.
SPACE JAM
The original with Michael Jordan. Nostalgia has made us all believe it’s very good. It isn’t.
SPIDER-MAN 2
Tobey Maguire’s second outing as Peter Parker remains one of the best superhero movies of all time.
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
Tom Holland’s first solo(ish) outing as Peter Parker is also very, very good.
SUCKER PUNCH
Zack Snyder directs this gorgeous but messy tale about a group of girls who use their imaginations to escape a mental hospital.
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY
Jack Black leads this decent comedy, telling a fictionalised version of how the titular band was formed.
TWO WEEKS NOTICE
An overworked assistant (Sandra Bullock) gives her fussy boss (Hugh Grant) her two weeks notice, only for him to then realise how much he really needs her.
WILD WILD WEST
Will Smith turned down The Matrix so he could make this instead.
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