Scarface
It’s 30 years since the release of Scarface, so to celebrate, we’re taking a look back at the famous film. This iconic gangster pic charts the progress of Tony Montana […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Teeth
Teeth is one of those films, like The Human Centipede, which gained immediate notoriety thanks to its shocking premise. But once you delve deeper inside this 2007 comedy/horror film, it’s a lot […]
Hannibal Rising
In this prequel to Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal trilogy, all our questions about Lecter’s murky past are finally answered. Where’s he from? Why did he become a cannibal? Who trained him […]
Nebraska
Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is a white-haired, dodgy-hipped, almost-senile old man who gets taken in by a scam and becomes convinced that he’s won a million dollars. His son David […]
Homefront
Not to be confused with the American TV show Homeland, the British TV show Homefront or the hardware/garden shop Homebase, this is the Jason Statham movie Homefront. The screenplay is by Sylvester Stallone, who […]
Oldboy (2013)
In the 1990s Joe (Josh Brolin) wakes up locked in a room where he is kept for 20 years. When he’s mysteriously released he goes in search of answers…and revenge. […]
Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 3: Cassandra’s Dream Warriors
As my co-goblin Alex completes his Spike Lee journey, similarities between Spike Lee and Woody Allen emerge. Both are auteurs, generally writing, directing and even starring in their own movies. […]
Spike Lee
And so we conclude our foray into the world of all things Lee. Over the course of the past few weeks I’ve been lucky enough to watch a lot of great […]
Saving Mr. Banks
As an experiment, myself and my co-goblin Alex are writing this review between us, but you’d never tell because we’ve made it appear seamless using goblin magic. So, 50 years […]
On iPlayer: Carnage
For the next four days you can watch Carnage on iPlayer, Roman Polanski’s 2011 adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play God of Carnage. The film opens with an altercation between two kids, then moves […]
Screen Goblin 