A Spike Lee Joint: Get On The Bus
In 1995, a bus full of men are heading Washington D.C. to attend Farrakhan’s Million Man March for black rights. They include a father and son tethered together (Thomas Jefferson […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
In Fear
After a year of disappointing horror films, finally a new release breathes some life into the genre. In Fear is a low-budget British offering which could teach a thing or […]
A Spike Lee Joint: She Hate Me
Jack (Anthony Mackie) is a VP at a large pharmaceutical company until he goes public with allegations of unethical practices. When he loses his job he begins taking money from […]
The Counselor
It’s probably fair to say that Ridley Scott’s most recent efforts haven’t been his best. He tried to recreate his Gladiator glory by delving into the past with Robin Hood, […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever revolves around Flipper (Wesley Snipes) and Angie (Annabella Sciorra) a mixed race couple from New York who have an affair. It also follows Flipper’s crack addict brother Gator […]
Captain Phillips
Welcome back to our occasional feature in which we review a film frustratingly close to the end of its cinematic run – today, Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass. The […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Crooklyn
In December, Spike Lee is remaking Korean sensation Oldboy, so ahead of its release I’m going to be doing a whistle stop tour of some of his films. First up, […]
Psycho (1998)
Fresh from the pile of DVDs Alex got me for my birthday comes this remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece. What I didn’t realise was that Alex obviously hates me, […]
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates is like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. No matter how many times he appears as his defining character, and no matter how low the quality of […]
Psycho III
Shortly after the events of Psycho II, Norman (Anthony Perkins) is still having mummy issues. With his motel now busier than ever, a young ex-nun arrives, who has fled her convent […]
