Nerve
Nerve is a teen techno-thriller from the directors of Paranormal Activity 3 and 4, which I didn’t even realise had directors. Based on Jeanne Ryan’s novel, the film revolves around an app […]
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Lights Out
In 2013, David F. Sandberg made a terrifying short film (below) with zero scope for expansion. Enter James Wan. Lights Out opens in a mannequin warehouse, for no reason other than it’s […]
Q: The Winged Serpent
After The Shallows turned out to be the worst thing Blake Lively’s done since Ryan Reynolds, let’s see a monster-attack movie done properly. Q: The Winged Serpent is a creature feature about a […]
David Brent: Life on the Road
A pathetic middle aged man tries to revive his career as an entertainer by dusting off David Brent, the character that first made him famous. Fifteen years on from The […]
Puss in Boots
Rounding off our reviews of the less beloved films in the Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots tells the cat’s backstory in a quest to find the golden eggs from the top of a beanstalk. Along […]
The Shallows
The release of new shark movie The Shallows coincides with today’s discovery of 400-year-old sharks, believed to be the world’s oldest vertebrate animals – a bit like when The Martian was released the same […]
Seconds
Seconds is a 1966 sci-fi about a company that offers unhappy individuals the chance to be “reborn” as a different person. Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is such a man: an unfulfilled, middle-aged banker, […]
Suicide Squad
In the latest entry into the DCEU, a government operative (Viola Davis) rounds up a team of supervillains to save the world. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Suicide Squad is such a mess […]
Born to be Blue
A few months ago, Don Cheadle played Miles Davis in jazz caper Miles Ahead. Now, Ethan Hawke plays Chet Baker in a similarly improvisational (and druggy) take on the jazz trumpeter’s […]
The Punisher
After watching The Punisher, I was astonished to read that it was made in 2004. This is, in part, due to the fact most of the action is done in camera: […]
Screen Goblin 