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From the Past

Films on the to-do list

  • Armageddon Time
  • Black Widow
  • Chimes at Midnight
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Last Christmas
  • Remember Sunday
  • Shazam! 2
  • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Spy Guys

Category: IMDb Top 250

Goodfellas (1990)

Film review: Goodfellas (1990), directed by Martin Scorsese tl;dr: Iconic gangster biopic is still really iconic. Goodfellas is based on the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy

Spotlight (2015)

Film review: Spotlight (2015), directed by Tom McCarthy tl;dr: The riveting story behind how a Boston newspaper broke the news of the Catholic Church hiding

Citizen Kane (1941)

Film review: Citizen Kane (1941), directed by Orson Welles tl;dr: Way ahead of its time. One of the best films ever made that actually is

Gladiator (2000)

Film review: Gladiator (2000), directed by Ridley Scott General Maximus (Russell Crowe) wins a battle against Germanic tribes, fighting for his ageing Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Schindler’s List (1993)

Film review: Schindler’s List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) wants to make money, and one way to do so is