You know how before this came out at the cinema there was massive internet hype, a mind boggling disaster, sci-fi, horror, action flick, but bugger all about what the plot actually involved? Well that's because apart from monsters reeking havoc in New York, and some pretty young things trapped in the carnage, there is no plot; nada, zilch, nothing. Cloverfield works so well because it stoutly refuses to offer you anything other than adrenalin fuelled, clammy palmed escapism and filming it throug find out more...

Three of Hollywood's most famous liberals team up to explore the horrific possibity of a nuclear meltdown. Fonda and Douglas play TV news reporters latching onto a scare about falsification and negligence of safety regulations. Well scripted and genuinely tense. Tinseltown gets a conscience! find out more...

A French detective, Brunel, on an exchange scheme in London is assigned to investigate the supposed murder of novelist John Morlar (Burton), but, on arriving at the crime scene, they discover that, despite heavy injuries, the victim is still alive and have him rushed to hospital. With the help of Morlar's journals and Dr Zonfeld (Remick), a psychiatrist whom the author had started visiting, Brunel reconstructs Morlar's past life, which (seen in flashback) is full of inexplicable catastrophes. find out more...