Neon is a visual signature: cities rendered in electric color, style carrying half the mood. This tag collects reviews of films where neon-soaked aesthetics define the world, from noir streets to synthwave futures.
1980sJune 6, 2026
Judged as a complete film it is mediocre. Vamp earns its 5.5 as a stylish, uneven eighties horror comedy that is worth seeing almost entirely for one unforgettable element, Grace Jones as a vampire stripper who never speaks a word…
2000sMay 19, 2026
Soderbergh's 2001 Rat Pack remake. Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Roberts, Gould.
1980sMay 18, 2026
1983 Paul Brickman comedy with Tom Cruise as a Chicago teen who turns his parents' empty house into a brothel for one weekend. Risky Business is Paul Brickman's 1983 American comedy and the film that launched Tom Cruise's career.
1970sMay 18, 2026
1973 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Roger Moore's debut. Voodoo, blaxploitation tropes, Jane Seymour as Solitaire.
1970sMay 18, 2026
1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.
2000sMay 18, 2026
2005 Tony Scott action with Keira Knightley as real-life model turned bounty hunter Domino Harvey. Domino is Tony Scott's 2005 American action film loosely depicting the life of model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey.
1990sMay 17, 2026
Philip Baker Hall as an aging gambler taking in a stranger. Released as Sydney against PTA's wishes.
1980sMay 16, 2026
Cosmatos's 1986 Stallone action thriller. Compressed 87-minute runtime, iconographic Cobretti character.
AssassinsMay 16, 2026
Keanu Reeves as the retired assassin. Action choreography that reshaped contemporary American action cinema.
2020sMay 16, 2026
Birds of Prey, formally titled Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is the Harley Quinn solo film between Suicide Squad. Cathy Yan directed in her major studio debut.
NeonMay 16, 2026
Wonder Woman 1984 is the sequel to Patty Jenkins's 2017 Wonder Woman and one of the steepest critical reversals in modern superhero cinema. Jenkins directed and co-wrote with Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham.
1990sMay 14, 2026
Andrew Bergman comedy based on Carl Hiaasen Florida political satire. Marketing compromised the substantive material.
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