“It will be good of you to mark my face, Saxon, for the next time you see it, it will be the last thing you see on this earth.” The Scoop: 2004 R, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Clive Owen, Keira Knightley and Ioan Gruffudd. Tagline: The untold true story that inspired the legend. Summary Capsule: Um, tagline? [...]

“Come on, people! A guy in a weird suit with two polar bears can’t be hard to spot!” The Scoop: 1998 NR, directed by Boyd Kirkland and starring the voices of Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara and Loren Lester Summary Capsule: Bald old man kidnaps hot redhead to perform “medical procedures.” Where I come from, we [...]

“I have a cow and I sew. How’s that for ‘hard to relate to’?” The Scoop: 2006 PG-13, directed by Nancy Myers and starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black Tagline: No Tagline Summary Capsule: Two women switch lives, although at least they don’t switch dating lives cause that would be an entirely flick altogether, and rated [...]

“I’m gonna go kill this guy and get my daughter. Or go get my daughter and kill this guy. Or kill all of ‘em!” The Scoop: 2007 PG-13, directed by Len Wiseman and starring Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, and Justin Long Tagline: Yippee Ki Yay Mo – John 6:27 Summary Capsule: Detective McClane romps all over Washington D.C. and plays tag [...]

“Beer is normally taken internally, John.” The Scoop: 1995 R, directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, and Samuel L Jackson Tagline: Think fast. Look alive. Die hard. Summary Capsule: It’s the only Die Hard movie that doesn’t fit the “Die Hard in a _____” formula. Unless you consider Manhattan a restrictive space.

“Villainy! Treason! Public naughtiness!” The Scoop: 1971 G, directed by Fred Wolf and starring Ringo Starr, Mike Lookinland, Paul Frees, Lennie Weinrib, Bill Martin, Buddy Foster and Joan Gerber. Tagline: As far as I can tell, none. Summary Capsule: A boy and his dog take a leisurely (if forcible) ramble around the Pointless Forest, and [...]

“Another basement, another elevator. How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?” The Scoop: 1990 R, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, and William Sadler Tagline: Last time, it blew you through the back wall of the theatre. This time, it will blow you sky high! Summary Capsule: John McClane wipes out [...]

“I have never heard of such a Christmas: sex, and drugs, and, and, and, and women being set on fire!” The Scoop: 1994 R, directed by Ted Demme and starring Denis Leary, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis Tagline: He’s taken them hostage. They’re driving him nuts. Summary Capsule: An abortive burglary forces Leary to kidnap an antagonistic couple and [...]

“American girls would seriously dig me with my cute British accent.” The Scoop: 2003 R, directed by Richard Curtis and starring Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Keira Knightley Tagline: The ultimate romantic comedy. Summary Capsule: Snippets of love, actually, in all the right and wrong places

“This is too much madness to fit into one text!” The Scoop: 2011 R, directed by Joe Cornish and starring Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, and Nick Frost Tagline: Inner City vs Outer Space Summary Capsule: When no one else knows or cares, a young British street gang is forced to defend their turf against big, hungry alien invaders.