Black Rainbow 1989  R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy, Ron Rosenthal, John Bennes, Linda Pierce, Olek Krupa, Marty Terry, Ed Grady
Fake medium Martha Travis (Rosanna Arquette) travels from town to town with her alcoholic father (Jason Robards) bilking audiences who want to hear from dead loved ones. But at one show she receives a mental image of a man who was murdered, and his wife is in the audience. The wife insists he is not dead, but his murder soon occurs. This new-found talent results in the killer marking Martha as his next victim. Not bad.
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Croupier 1998  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Clive Owen, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Nicholas Ball, Nick Reding, Alexander Morton, Paul Reynolds, Ozzie Yue, Kate Fenwick
Struggling author Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) hopes to find material for a book and takes a job as a croupier in a casino. He succeeds in coming up with the idea for a novel, but the late hours and drinking take their toll on his relationship with girlfriend Marion (Gina McKee).
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 Flash Gordon 1980 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Sam J. Jones, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde, Mariangela Melato, Richard O'Brien, John Osborne, John Hallam, Philip Stone, Suzanne Danielle, William Hootkins
Emperor Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) rules the planet Mongo and is plotting to destroy the Earth because he believes it is a threat to his realm. Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) teams up with his companion Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) to come to the rescue, and along the way is skyjacked aboard Dr. Zarkov's (Topol) spaceship. Now, Flash Gordon's efforts will require more daring as they are drawn to the planet Mongo where Ming plans to take Dale as his concubine.
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 Get Carter 1971 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
aka: Get Smart
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Dorothy White, Rosemarie Dunham, Alun Armstrong, Petra Markham, Bryan Mosley, Terence Rigby, Glynn Edwards, Bernard Hepton
London mobster Jack Carter (Michael Caine) heads to Newcastle to arrange for his brother's funeral. It soon becomes evident that the brother was murdered, and the ruthless Carter sets out for revenge in the underworld of Newcastle. Remade the following year (under the title "Hit Man") and again in 2000 (in which Michael Caine had a small part).
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 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2004 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Jamie Foreman, Ken Stott, Sylvia Syms, Alexander Morton, John Surman, Paul Mohan, Amber Batty, Damian Dibben
Three years ago, Will (Clive Owen) left his world of organized crime and has been living a very quiet life. But, when his brother, Davey (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), commits suicide after being raped, Will investigates. He figures out that a married crime lord (Malcolm McDowell) raped Davey, and, now, Will seeks revenge.
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Morons from Outer Space 1985  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, James Sikking, Paul Brown, Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail, Tristram Jellinek, George Innes, John Joyce, Mark Lewis Jones
Yes, aliens can also be stupid, and this movie is, at times, also stupid. While the least moronic alien, Bernard (Mel Smith), is out of the spaceship playing Space Ball, the other three accidentally shoot the pod they are in to the planet–Earth–below. They land, and the hilarity begins while Bernard hitches a ride with another alien ship. Some funny moments.
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A Prayer for the Dying 1987  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis, Liam Neeson, Alison Doody, Christopher Fulford, Leonard Termo, Camille Coduri, Maurice O'Connell, Ian Bartholomew, Cliff Burnett, Anthony Head, Peggy Aitchison, Karl Johnson
Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) is an assassin who accidentally kills some school kids during an assassination attempt. He feels so much remorse that he tries to escape from his criminal world, an act that is filled with suspense. Alan Bates' performance as the racketeer/mortician, Jack Meehan, enhances the film.
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Pulp 1972 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Nadia Cassini, Dennis Price, Al Lettieri, Leopoldo Trieste, Amerigo Tot, Robert Sacchi
Following the success of "Get Carter" the previous year, Mike Hodges and Michael Caine team up again, this time for laughs. Mickey King (Caine) is a fiction writer who is asked to ghost-write for the autobiography of retired actor–and, possibly, mobster–Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney). After Preston is murdered, Mickey decides to solve the mystery as a method of finishing his story. Good acting, especially by Rooney.
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| 1. Black Rainbow (1989)
2. Croupier (1998)
3. Flash Gordon (1980)
4. Get Carter (1971)
aka: Get Smart
5. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004)
6. Morons from Outer Space (1985)
7. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
8. Pulp (1972)
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