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Agreeable, knockabout action comedy; it highlights the risks of stuntmen in the cutthroat film business. Reynolds’ swagger more or less carries the film with Field having little to do as his irate girl.

Whether this is Kazan’s justification for his role in McCarthyism is incidental; the film stands alone as a superb study of loyalty and betrayal with Brando in his greatest role, imo.

Entertaining coming-of-age drama, and snapshot of adolescent life in a small Californian town in the early Sixties just after graduation. It's wonderfully evoked, sharp and funny and recreates the era with real fondness (with a humdinger of a soundtrack of rock n’ roll hits from the time). It...

The less said about the acting and script the better! It’s the tremendous music that makes this worthwhile; highlight is undoubtedly 'the great one's' memorable rendition of the title song.

A cult classic thanks in large part to Curry's grandstanding performance. My musical highlight: “The Time Warp” (predictably!).

Enjoyable comedy western, anchored by an Oscar-winning turn by Marvin in a dual role. It has a fresh, breezy tone which breathes life into the spotty story.

This should have been light-hearted fun but is a bit of a chore. Best moments, I think, involve Presnell as Rotten Luck Willie who sings “They Call the Wind Maria”. It's too long as well.

I thought this was great with infectious tunes and enthusiastic performances. It’s totally daft but great fun; Martin stands out as the sadistic dentist; musical highlight: “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space”.

Brando’s iconic performance is the main reason to watch this. I feel it's dated and tame by modern standards and doesn’t really capture any of the essence of biking lifestyles. Instead it focuses mainly on the aggressive behaviour of its group of misfits who can’t even explain their own actions...

Dull with a malnourished story and average special effects. There's some good banter between some of the characters which barely keeps it treading water.

Superbly sophisticated, savagely witty film of backstage betrayal and behind-the-scenes high-end theatre. Davis has rarely been better (how did she not win the Oscar that year!) and Sanders is excellent as an acerbic critic full of barbed witticisms.

It injects some freshness into the franchise (although it was hardly moribund), especially in casting Garfield. He has a physical sleekness and general likeability and Emma Stone provides her trademark sass. My highlight was Ifans’ conflicted villain, not a bad guy in the conventional sense-...

Satisfactory enough, it's most interesting when looking at Spidey’s dual personality. His stint on the dark side is the highlight of an otherwise cluttered film which has far too many characters and subplots. The special effects are top-notch as are the overall production values.

Very overheated (I think that's probably the point) but engrossing; Bette gives her best turn in years. She cuts a strikingly macabre figure as the eponymous 1920s child star who spends her declining years dreaming of fame whilst also tormenting her invalid sister (Crawford) who’d stolen her...

A very meditative, pensive western, an initial failure after studio truncation but then restored to its original form by director Peckinpah (subsequently released in 1988, four years after his death). Coburn was never better as gunman turned sheriff Pat Garrett who goes head-to-head with former...

Judged purely on its own merits, I thought this was an exciting blockbuster with superb visual effects and a cracking pace. The writers do well to find a way to hark back to the classic first film, too. The plot is fairly basic though, but I found the characters engaging and the visuals pretty...

Man, this is a film close to my heart. I was 12 when I first saw it, only a few days after watching REAR WINDOW during Christmas and those two films remain my faves of all time. It's one of those films impossible to shake off, so much to relate to. What a great soundtrack, too. And the...

Well it's left some sort of legacy being one of the original raunchy modern comedies but all I really remember is the shower scene and the subsequent investigation:emoji_laughing:

Dean is iconic in this. It's probably the first film ever to tap into teen isolation, alienation and disenchantment. Themes such as self worth, parental responsibility and friendship are covered and the story is brilliantly controlled by director Ray. His use of colour and component highlight...

I think this is a modern comedy classic. It's Hughes' best film and he revels in demonstrating Ferris’ cheeky ingenuity and charmingly popular persona. It’s a simple story with tonnes of appeal and memorable (and quotable) moments; you’ll never look at a Ferrari the same way again!