Caddyshack
This 1980 comedy is set at an exclusive golf club and stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray and a gopher. Caddyshack makes occasional hints towards a plot but veers wildly off course, opting instead for a series […]
Monthly Archives: October 2016
The Girl on the Train
The year that cinema forgot continues with The Girl on the Train, based on Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel. A divorced woman (Emily Blunt), drunk and depressed, becomes obsessed with a […]
The Conformist
Written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, The Conformist is the story of a weak-willed fascist spy (Jean-Louis Trintignant) obsessed with normality and desperate to belong. The only other Bertolucci film I’ve seen […]
Waking Life
Waking Life is a psychedelic documentary by the inimitable Richard Linklater. It follows a dreaming, nameless protagonist (Wiley Wiggins) through variously trippy encounters, including numerous conversations about the nature of dreams. Made in 2001 […]
Don’t Breathe
From director Fede Alvarez and producer Sam Raimi comes new horror film Don’t Breathe, sung in my head to the tune of ‘Don’t Speak’ by No Doubt. Trying to steal a […]
Superman II
Superman II sees the return of Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve), Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) and screenwriter Mario Puzo. Hang on – Mario Puzo?! In this 1980 sequel, Kryptonian kriminal General Zod (Terence […]
The Magnificent Seven
The latest product of a Hollywood executive’s brainstorming session entitled “What haven’t we remade yet?” is a rerun of classic Western The Magnificent Seven, about a gang of, you guessed […]
The Other Side of the Door
The Walking Dead‘s Sarah Wayne Callies stars in The Other Side of the Door, sung in my head to the tune of ‘The Other Side of This Life‘ by Jefferson Airplane. Ostensibly a […]
Frozen
I finally set out to watch the phenomenon and biggest-grossing film of 2013 when stuck for 11 hours on a plane, but it’s actually not a very good plane movie. […]
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