On iPlayer: The Devil’s Double
One of the many things Saddam Hussein was known for was his use of body doubles, some of whom he reportedly made have plastic surgery to more closely resemble him. […]
One of the many things Saddam Hussein was known for was his use of body doubles, some of whom he reportedly made have plastic surgery to more closely resemble him. […]
I can’t describe the plot of this film any better than my co-Goblin Dan did in his recent review of the 1987 original. Therefore I’ve copied and pasted it and […]
Harold Ramis sadly died on Monday aged 69, and as BuzzFeed-wannabe The Independent recently taught us, you shouldn’t be put off writing about someone just because you’ve not seen any of their […]
A struggling New York playwright, Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is given a massive grant which he uses to create the most elaborate play ever imagined, incorporating his own life, and […]
Not to be confused with Gareth Edwards’ Monsters or Disney Pixar’s Monsters Inc, this is Patty Jenkins’ Monster; the real life story of prostitute-turned-serial killer Aileen Wuornos, played by Charlize Theron. Theron is unrecognisable in […]
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd, who is to L Ron Hubbard as Charles Foster Kane is to William Randolph Hearst, as Hynkel is to Hitler, or as The Emperor […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a fan of unusual interpretations of classic tales – from Homer’s Odyssey in depression era Mississippi to Hamlet in 10th century […]
Troll 2 has been named by IMDb as the worst movie ever made. It holds a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and even its greatest admirers say it’s bad “by […]
As the RoboCop remake terrorises cinema-goers, we take a look back at the 1987 original. RoboCop is set in a corporate-run dystopia called America. When a Detroit police officer named Murphy (Peter Weller) […]
A group of renowned outlaws are caught in a set-up and forced on the run to Mexico. There they meet General Mapache (Emilio Fernández), who hires them to steal arms, […]