On iPlayer: Ca$h
Anyone who saw Ocean’s Eleven and thought “If only this was in French” will be pleased to hear that Ca$h is currently on iPlayer. This French caper stars Jean Dujardin (The Artist) as a conman […]
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Suffragette
Set around the turn of the century, Suffragette is the story of a young laundry worker Maud (Carey Mulligan), who gets drawn into women’s activism after joining a group of […]
Gothika
This 2003 horror movie is a woeful entry into the moribund scary-ghost-girl sub-genre. In a performance as limp and lifeless as her hair, Halle Berry plays a psychiatrist who’s inexplicably […]
Crimson Peak
Guillermo goes gothic in this new mystery tale starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston. Set around the turn of the 20th century, Crimson Peak is not a sequel to submarine movie Crimson Tide – […]
The Lobster
Colin Farrell channels Dougal McGuire, as he checks in to a dystopian spa, where he has 45 days to find a romantic partner or else be turned into an animal of […]
On iPlayer: The Disappearance of Alice Creed
There’s a line in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy: “Only an idiot kidnaps.” Here we have two such idiots, in 2009 British thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed – currently available on iPlayer. […]
Children of the Corn
Stupid parents – first they’re telling you to go to bed, then they’re making you get out of bed at some ungodly hour like noon. It’s no wonder the child cult of Children of […]
Conan the Barbarian
Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on Darth Vader, in this 1982 fantasy adventure. Even by Arnie’s standards, this is one bizarre movie. It opens with the quote “That which does not kill […]
The House on Sorority Row
Last night I watched 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row, because – actually, no, I don’t have to explain myself to you. A group of sorority sisters are getting ready for […]
American Ultra
The latest film to be called American Something is American Ultra; an action/comedy about a slacker couple (Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart) whose burnout lives are turned upside down when he turns out […]
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