Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Wide-mouthed eighth wonder of the ancient world Charlton Heston is back in this sequel to the iconic sci fi film. It sees a new astronaut arrive on the mysterious planet […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Olympus Has Fallen
The President is held hostage in Olympus Has Fallen, confusingly released the same year as White House Down; the worst year for the White House since the election of George W. Bush. This 2013 action […]
Janis: Little Girl Blue
With the BAFTA-winning Amy poised to (hopefully) pick up the Academy Award for best documentary, along comes another doc about a woman with an incredible voice, who died at 27: Janis Joplin. […]
99 Homes
This 2014 drama follows an unscrupulous real estate broker (Michael Shannon) evicting people from their homes, including a young unemployed father (Andrew Garfield). In other words, the star of Take […]
Julia’s Eyes
Julia’s Eyes (Los ojos de Julia) is a Spanish horror film about a woman going blind, directed by Guillem Morales and produced by Guillermo Del Toro, who likes to promote promising filmmakers (with […]
Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds plays Deadpool, a disfigured mutant who sets out to do to his enemies what he did to Green Lantern. And R.I.P.D. And Blade: Trinity. When we last saw […]
Trumbo
You’ve seen him play a crazy dad in Breaking Bad, Godzilla and Malcolm in the Middle. Now, Bryan Cranston plays blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Who also happens to be […]
Eraserhead
After watching Erasherhead, and eating a certain amount of cheese, I dreamt I was being chased through a train by a shapeshifting man-dog and I couldn’t tell anyone because they’d say “it’s […]
What We Do in the Shadows
A group of vampires flat-share in What We Do in the Shadows, the funniest vampire movie since Twilight. This 2014 mockumentary drains great comedy from the day-to-day logistics of being a vampire […]
The Woman (Vs Room)
After Room left me feeling depressed, I revisited The Woman by way of a palette cleanser; the cinematic equivalent of a Fisherman’s Friend. Administered by Leatherface. Room and The Woman both feature Sean Bridgers as […]
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