Walk the Line
Released two years after his death, this 2005 biopic of the Man in Black (Joaquin Phoenix) is more than just a Johnny Cash-in or answer to a pub quiz question […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Godzilla (1954)
With Godzilla: King of the Monsters out next month, we look at when the radioactive reptile first emerged from the ocean depths. From the ripped-from-the-headlines opening scene, the original Godzilla establishes […]
Aliens
Fifty-seven years after Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) last thwarted the xenomorph she’s found alive floating through space. But her nightmare is only just beginning as she discovers her daughter is dead […]
Shen Yun at the Hammersmith Apollo
An evening of traditional music, dancers and singers from the Shen Yun school of performing arts. The dancing combines the elegance of ballet with the athleticism of gymnastics, all in […]
Avengers: Endgame
Since Iron Man first massacred those Afghans back in 2008, all manner of phenomena have come and gone: The DC Universe. Star Wars. Brexit. The MCU has survived them all, […]
Fiddler on the Roof
Actor, writer, director and magician Andy Nyman adds another string to his bow as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at London’s Playhouse Theatre. Nyman (Ghost Stories, Dead Set) steps into […]
Addams Family Values
There’s an animated Addams Family feature coming out later this year, begging the question of why you’d bother when this 1993 sequel already got them so wrong it’s right. Opening […]
Hellboy (2019)
Imagine if instead of making The Return of the King, New Line had started a new Lord of the Rings trilogy, featuring Milla Jovovich and a song by Muse. That’s […]
Dracula Untold
There have been many, many big-screen incarnations of Bram Stoker’s blood-sucking bat-man, but precious few of them have tackled his origins. Enter Dracula Untold, which takes us back to when […]
Greta
Chloë Grace Moretz is stalked by Isabelle Huppert in Neil Jordan’s Greta, AKA FatElle Attraction. At his best the Crying Game director is a filmmaker unconstrained by genre trappings, which […]
Screen Goblin 