Rewatched (2026)

Harry & Paul (originally titled Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul) is a British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast, it was trailed as The Harry Enfield Show.

The show reunites the pair, who had success with Harry Enfield's Television Programme (later titled Harry Enfield & Chums) in the 1990s.

Live and Let Die is a 1973 spy film, and the eighth film in the James Bond film series as well as the first to star Roger Moore as Bond. The film was directed by Guy Hamilton and was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. It released in 1973 and earned $161 million at the box office.

The film was released during the height of the 1970s blaxploitation era, and the influence of those films is quite evident. For instance, the film departs from conventional Bond plots (which entailed villainous plots to disrupt world power structures) and instead places its emphasis on drug trafficking, a common hallmark of the blaxploitation genre.

It is also notable for an audacious stunt where James Bond (Roger Moore) runs across the backs of live crocodiles to escape, a scene conceived by crocodile farm owner Ross Kananga, who performed it himself after other stuntmen refused, calling it too dangerous. Kananga used his own crocodiles and had them tethered for the stunt, which took five takes and resulted in him getting bitten and needing stitches. For his troubles, Kananga was reportedly paid $60,000, which is equivalent to approximately $438,000 in today's money. The film's villain, Dr. Kananga, was named in honour of his bravery.  

Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with.

The contents of a hidden grave draw the interest of an industrial titan and send Officer K, an LAPD blade runner, on a quest to find a missing legend.

Soviet prison camps were a criminal system of oppression that was widespread and long-lasting. The writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn named it the Gulag Archipelago.

The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994), also known as The Defender, is a Hong Kong action film often cited as a loose, unofficial remake of the 1992 Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston film The Bodyguard. Starring Jet Li and Christy Chung, it replaces the musical romance with high-energy gunfights and martial arts while keeping the premise of a professional bodyguard protecting a witness.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.

Football-mad Jess is 18, smart, beautiful and can bend a ball better than any boy she knows. She's set her heart on playing for a top women's footie team.

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

A young woman is dealing with anorexia. She meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

Living a lie is a poor substitute for living the truth, sometimes it takes the harsh realities of life to help us discover who we truly are. Lana Turner neglects both daughter Sandra Dee and faithful friend John Gavin en route to acting stardom; while faithful servant Juanita Moore’s daughter Susan Kohner breaks her mom’s heart by “passing for white.”

Clint Eastwood stars as the radio DJ stalked by a psychotic female fan. The legendary actor also makes his directorial debut in this chillingly effective thriller.

The Cable Guy is a 1996 American black comedy directed by Ben Stiller. It features Jim Carrey as an eccentric, lonely, and psychotic cable installer who becomes intensely intrusive in the life of a mild-mannered customer, played by Matthew Broderick.

Behind the Curve (2018) is a documentary about the Flat Earther movement, focusing on the psychology behind why people cling to irrational beliefs despite hundreds of years of rigorous empirical, scientific and mathematical evidence disproving the claims. Directed by Daniel J. Clark, the film offers a compassionate, yet analytical look at prominent Flat Earthers - such as Mark Sargent and Patricia Steere - whose community is founded on the absolute rejection of the spherical Earth model.

The Truman Show is a 1998 American science fiction satirical psychological comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir, written and co-produced by Andrew Niccol. Starring Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a man who is unaware that he is living his entire life on a colossal soundstage, and that it is being filmed and broadcast as a reality television show that has a huge international following. The film is acclaimed for its depiction of the often-manipulative influence of mass media, the popularity of reality television, and the rise of the surveillance state, with its accompanying voyeurism and loss of privacy.

The Truman Show delusion (aka Truman Syndrome) is a recognized cultural phenomenon in psychiatry, where individuals develop a delusional belief that their lives are being secretly filmed and broadcast as a reality TV show, much like its namesake film. The term was coined in 2008 on film boards by brothers Joel Gold and Ian Gold, a psychiatrist and a neurophilosopher, respectively, who attributed the delusion to a world that had become hungry for publicity.

Notable cases of the disorder included a man who travelled to New York after 9/11 to verify if the attacks were real or a plot twist in "his show." Another involved a schizophrenic man who did not believe his mother was his real mother and killed her, but was found not criminally responsible due to his mental state.

It is often people with a predisposition towards psychosis who develop these fixed, unshakable delusions. Many who recover (like Nick Lotz, featured in a New Yorker article) describe deep depression afterward: realising they are not the centre of a grand show that eventually led to an existential letdown, as they had built identities, careers (e.g., film/comedy), or behaviours around the belief.

In this Oscar-winning thriller, we get a glimpse of 80s eastern Europe. Brutal official Wesler is spying on a playwright and his girlfriend but the longer he listens in the more he realises how much his life lacks. Slowly he doubts the morality of his job and walks a dangerous path between duty and his new reality.

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick, it is the sequel to The Terminator (1984) and is the second installment in the Terminator franchise. In the film, the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet sends a Terminator—a highly advanced killing machine—back in time to 1995 to kill the future leader of the human resistance, John Connor, when he is a child. The resistance sends back a less advanced, reprogrammed Terminator to protect Connor and ensure the future of humanity.

Terminator 2 was a critical and commercial success, grossing $519–520.9 million at the box office to become the highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide and the third-highest-grossing film of its time. It is considered one of the best science fiction, action, and sequel films ever made. The central themes of fate vs. free will, humanity vs. machines and technological hubris continues to resonate powerfully with audiences.

According to Cameron, in an interview he gave for The Making of Terminator 2, he stated that: "The Terminator represented something to people - a kind of a dark side of the human psyche. People want to have that fantasy of being able to do exactly what they wanted to do, whenever they wanted to do it."

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

When his publication is in danger of bankruptcy, Hui hires Bill to dig into a sensational story. Bill then courts San-San, a socialite, to know more about her personal life.

Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 cyberpunk action thriller film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, and Ehren Kruger. It is the first live-action film adaptation based on the Japanese Ghost in the Shell franchise envisioned by Masamune Shirow, and stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, and Juliette Binoche. Set in an ultramodern near future when the line between humans and robots is blurring, the plot follows Major Mira Killian, a cyborg supersoldier who attempts to stop a dangerous terrorist and investigate her past.

Ghost in the Shell received mixed reviews, with praise for its cast performances, visual style, action sequences, cinematography and musical score, but criticism for its plot and lack of character development. The casting of non-Asian actors (particularly Johansson in the lead role) drew accusations of racism and whitewashing in the United States.

Commenting on the casting choices, Pavan Shamdasani of Asia Times wrote: "The original is about as Asian as things get: Japanese cult manga, ground-breaking anime, Hong Kong-inspired locations, Eastern philosophy-based story. Most of that's been downright ignored with its big-screen adaptation, and Scarlett Johansson's casting as the dark-haired, obviously originally Asian lead sent netizens into a rage." In April 2016, ScreenCrush reported that the filmmakers had commissioned the use of CGI and other visual effects testing to alter Johansson's appearance to make her appear East Asian, spurring further backlash.

In Japan, many fans were surprised that the casting had sparked controversy. One fan felt that the appearance of the protagonist was immaterial due to the franchise's themes of self-identity and the blurring of artificial and natural bodies. Others pointed out that casting any actress of non-Japanese Asian descent (such as Chinese), may have been more controversial in the country.

Mamoru Oshii, the director of the original anime film, expressed his approval for Johansson getting the role. Oshii told IGN that the Major uses an assumed body and name, "so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her... I can only sense a political motive from the people opposing it, and I believe artistic expression must be free from politics."

Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house (okiya) to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta". It stars Zhang Ziyi in the lead role, with Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, Youki Kudoh, Suzuka Ohgo, Samantha Futerman and Ken Watanabe.

The film was moderately successful at the box office and garnered polarized reviews from critics worldwide. The acting, visuals, sets, costumes, and musical score (composed by Spielberg's long-time collaborator John Williams) were praised, but the film was criticized for its style over substance approach and its casting of Chinese actresses for the three lead geisha roles.

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The Wicked City (Chinese: 妖獸都市; Cantonese Yale: Yíu sau dōu síh) is a 1992 science fiction film directed by Peter Mak and produced by Tsui Hark. It is a live-action film adaptation of the Japanese anime of the same name, which in turn is based on the first novel of the series of the same name by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The film stars Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Yuen Woo-ping, Roy Cheung, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michelle Reis, and Carman Lee. Michelle Reis said that Tsui Hark actually directed many scenes himself. It tells the fictional story of conflicts and relationships between demon-like creatures and humans in 1990s' Hong Kong. The film was one of the most popular Tsui Hark productions in the USA and Europe, and still plays in festivals and midnight screenings around the USA and Europe.

Two agents, a lady-killer human and a voluptuous demon, attempt to protect a signatory to a peace treaty between the human world and the demon world from radicalized demons.

A private investigator, searching for the runaway daughter of a businessman, finds himself on a hijacked cruise. Hilarious situations arise as he tries to save the day while battling his hunger pangs.

Jam is a British experimental black comedy sketch show, created, co-written, produced and directed by Chris Morris. It was broadcast on Channel 4 between 23 March and 27 April 2000.

The Dollars Trilogy, also known as the Man with No Name Trilogy, is an Italian film series consisting of three spaghetti Western films directed by Sergio Leone. The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.