Mary Queen of Scots
This is the story of the relationship between Mary I of Scotland (Saoirse Ronan) and Elizabeth I of England (Margot Robbie), and the fight for succession in the dying days […]
Author Archives: Alex Chafey
The Lady from Shanghai
Rita Hayworth is Elsa, a young woman married to a crusty old lawyer. When Michael (Orson Welles) becomes infatuated with her, he gets a job aboard their yacht, but when […]
Glass
Three extraordinary individuals, Elijah Price, David Duke and Kevin Wendell Crumb (Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy) are apprehended and held in a psychiatric hospital. Here they’re examined by a […]
Origin Wars
We were drawn to Origin Wars by its almost comically generic title which seemed to promise either knowing irony or Judge Dredd style campy fun. But neither of these is […]
Blog: 4 shared universes we’d love to see…
…and 5 we wouldn’t With wacky Shyamalan mashup Glass about to break into cinemas, which other directors could make a great shared universe movie out of their existing films? Ones […]
Battleship
When aliens invade the earth in giant sea vessels, a cocksure maverick in the navy (Taylor Kitsch) must find a way to fight them. A clear Transformers wannabe, Battleship attempts […]
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Three “drag queens” (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo) take a road trip to California and end up stranded in Snydersville, a small town in the middle of nowhere. […]
Michelle Obama: Becoming
Michelle Obama takes us from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to becoming the first black First Lady of the United States. The first seven chapters, in which […]
Aquaman in 270°
Aquaman is the long-awaited sequel to that episode of The Office where Gareth wonders if there will ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark. For […]
The Front Runner
Hugh Jackman is Gary Hart, the early front runner for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 presidential election, whose campaign was cut short by rumours of marital infidelity. Oh, how […]
Screen Goblin 