The BFG
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl book follows orphan Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) as she befriends a Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance) – even though his name is tautological, the stupid […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Shrek Forever After
The final instalment in the increasingly meandering and confusing fairytale parody saga sees Shrek experience a mid-life crisis. Yes seriously. But instead of buying a leather jacket and having an […]
Shrek the Third
Soon after the events of Shrek 2, the frog king of Far Far Away (John Cleese) is dying. On his deathbed (or lily pad) he names Shrek (Mike Myers) as […]
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Beyond is the latest instalment of the revamped sci fi series, presumably because this is the point where it’s gone beyond a joke. However, anyone wondering why the […]
Goodnight Mommy
Trust the Austrians to put forward as their Oscar submission a wincingly nasty horror film, in which a woman (Susanne Wuest) returns home after surgery with a bandaged face and erratic behaviour, leaving her twin […]
I’ve never seen…Breakfast at Tiffany’s
To give you an idea of how far my prior ignorance of this film went, before watching I thought it was about Audrey Hepburn playing a character called Tiffany who […]
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
The latest Britcom to get the obligatory big-screen treatment is Ab Fab, observing the time-honoured sitcom movie tradition of taking the characters abroad, darling. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are still a booze-swilling, chain-smoking, fashion-bothering […]
Shocker
Shocker is a 1989 slasher by everyone’s favourite Baptist turned pornographer: the late, great Wes Craven. Mitch Pileggi plays TV repairman and serial killer Horace Pinker, who’s executed by electric chair […]
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
In Laputa: Castle in the Sky, a pair of children (Keiko Yokozawa and Mayumi Tanaka) are being chased for their magic amulet that holds the key to a floating fortress. Imagine […]
Elvis & Nixon
What do you get when you cross Elvis and Nixon? The psychobilly answer is Mojo Nixon. Otherwise, it’s a new movie based on the 1970 meeting between Elvis Presley and […]
Screen Goblin 