Scott's Movie Reviews – A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

The Prestige (2006)

[8] Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as warring magicians in this period mystery from director Christopher Nolan (The Odyssey, Oppenheimer). After Bale's character makes a mistake that leads to the accidental death of Jackman's bride-to-be during a live performance, the two…

September 27, 2026

A Monster Calls (2016)

[7] A twelve-year-old boy (Lewis MacDougall) is visited by a towering tree monster (voiced by Liam Neeson) who helps him deal with school bullies and his mother's terminal cancer. A Monster Calls is a beautifully crafted film directed by J.A. Bayona (The…

September 27, 2026

Prisoners (2013)

[8] Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal co-star in this gripping crime drama centered around the abduction of two young girls. Jackman plays one of the girl's father and Gyllenhaal is the police detective assigned to the case. Gyllenhaal uncovers several unsettling clues,…

September 26, 2026

Heart of the Beast (2026)

[6] In this old-fashioned survival story, a man and his dog try to survive the elements after their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. Directed by David Ayer (Fury) and starring Brad Pitt, I had high hopes for an exciting and emotional…

September 25, 2026

Pillion (2025)

[7] An aimless young Brit (Harry Potter's Harry Melling) enters into a fetishistic dominant/submissive relationship with a mysterious, handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgard). Melling cooks all Skarsgard's meals, does whatever he's told (and I mean whatever), and sleeps on a rug at the…

September 24, 2026

The Skin Game (1931)

[5] In this middling, early Alfred Hitchcock film, the aristocratic Hillcrist family battles with the industrialist Hornblower family over a plot of land in a small English village. The Hornblowers want to build a factory and erect unsightly smoke stacks, while the…

September 23, 2026

Cash on Demand (1961)

[6] Peter Cushing and Andre Morell, paired a few years earlier in The Hound of the Baskervilles, re-team for Hammer Films in Cash on Demand. Based on a stage play, this is largely a two-man show with Morell playing a charming but…

September 22, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock

Hammer Films

Disney Animation