I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Four dumb teens hit someone with their car and decide to cover it up rather than report it to the police. The following summer, they're all contacted by a blackmailer threatening to expose them, and the body count piles up.

This film is quintessentially '90s, or at least the way Hollywood tried to depict it back then. Kevin Williamson attempts to recreate some of that magic from the previous summer's hit horror whodunnit Scream, and it mostly succeeds based on a memorable hook and highly quotable title alone. In the years since its release, it's been reappraised as somewhat of a modern slasher classic, although it was mainly mocked mercilessly at the time. Regardless, it remains a simple, solid premise that more or less holds up some 30 (!) years later.

2½ urban legends out of 5

54 (1998)

Starstruck Shane O'Shea (with a name like that he could be Marvel’s own Captain Irish), a Jersey hopeful, wants more than the working class, suburban lifestyle his father provides for him; the ungrateful shit wants to mingle at Club 54, a place where the beautiful people are free to indulge their vices alongside the stars of stage and screen.
Music plays a big part, and is arguably the best part. The V/O, the characters and the story fail to meet the targets set by similar films.
The only real memorable elements were Mike Myers, who plays it straight even though his character isn't, and the aged Disco Dotty.

2 party favours out of 5

MACGRUBER [2010]

I almost always loathe SNL cast member films, so I didn't expect to enjoy Will Forte's MacGruber film at all.

I was pleasantly surprised.  

Instead of trying to stretch out the MacGuyver parody sketch into 1½ hours, the film goes for more of a action/thriller spoof along the lines of the 80's comedy Top Secret!  It's not highbrow humor or anything but the cast has a surprisingly great chemistry and the comedy is very well paced.  

It's really dumb...but also, really funny. 

3 tasty celery sticks out of 5