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Golfers and caddies on the grounds of an exclusive country club, with one man in bright clothing standing out from the rest.

1980s

Caddyshack (1980) Review

Caddyshack (1980) rates 8.5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The plot was abandoned during production and the film assembled itself out of whatever four comedians did in front of the camera. It should not work. It made sixty…

Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in a black coat and hat, standing in the dusty streets of Tombstone, Arizona during the 1880s.

1990s

Tombstone (1993) Review

Tombstone (1993) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The credited writer was fired a month into shooting, the credited director may not have directed it, and the result is the most quotable Western ever made. Val Kilmer…

A formal dinner scene aboard a ship in 1933, with passengers in evening wear seated at tables, revealing the rigid class

1960s

Ship of Fools (1965) Review

Ship of Fools (1965) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A German liner crossing from Veracruz to Bremerhaven in 1933, carrying passengers with no idea what they are sailing toward. Vivien Leigh's last film.

Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot stands on the deck of a paddle steamer, the Nile River and Egyptian landscape visible behind

1970s

Death on the Nile (1978) Review

Death on the Nile (1978) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Christie on a paddle steamer with a closed passenger list and a cast of stars. The correct way to film a detective novel, and the only…

Edward Norton as Miles Bron stands in a glass dome surrounded by expensive art and stolen objects on his private Greek

2020s

Glass Onion (2022) Review

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A tech billionaire's private island weekend where the solution is that the clever man has nothing inside. Better as satire than as a puzzle.

The MS St. Louis ocean liner at sea, carrying Jewish refugees denied entry to Cuba, the United States, and Canada in 1939.

1970s

Voyage of the Damned (1976) Review

Voyage of the Damned (1976) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The true story of the MS St. Louis, which carried 937 Jewish refugees out of Hamburg in 1939 and was refused entry everywhere it went. A…

Michael Caine stands in a dimly lit corridor inside the capsized Poseidon, surrounded by salvage equipment and rope. TITLE

1970s

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) Review

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A sequel that kept the upturned hull and threw away the reason it worked. Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, and no idea what to do…

1970s

The Love Boat (1977-1987) Review

The Love Boat (1977-1987) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Nine seasons of guest stars falling in love on the Pacific Princess. Artistically negligible, structurally brilliant, and it rebuilt an entire industry.

A woman stands on a beach next to a man in formal wear, with a wrecked yacht visible in the water behind them. TITLE

2020s

Triangle of Sadness (2022) Review

Triangle of Sadness (2022) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A luxury cruise, a great deal of vomit, and an island where the toilet manager is in charge. Blunt satire in three parts, and the third one…