David Cronenberg's 'Videodrome' remains a shockingly prescient vision of the world we're living in now: technology overlords using computerized developments for their own nefarious means...except in the case of 1983 Toronto, personal enrichment isn't the end game: elimination of the freaks and geeks is.
Featuring a tour-de-force performance from James Woods and an impressive commitment to allowing viewers to experience the unfolding story as it happens to Woods' Max Renn, the film also has a hauntingly simple and utterly perfect score by frequent Cronenberg collaborator Howard Shore.
296. Michael Keaton, Glenn Close & Robert Duvall in 'The Paper' (1994)
One of the great newspaper movies, a great NYC location movie, a great set-dress
295. Dolly Parton & UK Crime Show Recs
Summer's rapidly ending and it's time to get back to the FCAC rhythm and routine
294. 'Crossing Delancey' (1988)
Joan Micklin Silver's 1988 NYC love-letter/romantic comedy Crossing Delancey is
293. Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' (2026)
Go and see 'The Odyssey' in the biggest and best theater you can. You won't regr
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