Flatliners (1990) explained: hell and hallucination
How Flatliners draws on our fears of hell and isolation to weave its Gothic-inspired horror
1990s
1990s
The Lost World (1997): good guys, bad guys and dinosaurs
The Lost World establishes Ian Malcolm as a flawed father – and gives him a dinosaur double
Gattaca (1997) explained: luck, ladders and the long con
A flawed man challenges the science of discrimination, but is he hero or sociopath?
Falling Down (1993) explained: the terminal velocity of hardship
Falling Down’s black / bleak comedy of modern life and city living
The Hunt for Red October (1990): decoding the language trick
Language, lies and symbols of nationhood in The Hunt for Red October
Heat (1995): talking about love without saying it
Is it all about the heist? How Heat looks for love among the bullets