Pig
Nic Cage goes from batshit to boaring in Michael Sarnoski’s sowr drama about a truffle forager looking for his stolen pig. Presumably Kevin Bacon was busy. The latest in the […]
Author Archives: Dan Meier
Don’t Breathe 2
Between COVID and A Quiet Place 2 it might be easy to miss the release of another sensory sequel, Don’t Breathe 2, perhaps the most misjudged movie since United Passions. A […]
On iPlayer: The Secret of Kells
Starting their tradition of losing Oscars to Pixar, Cartoon Saloon’s first feature concerns the creation of the Book of Kells – an Irish national treasure up there with Graham Linehan […]
Summer of Soul
Just in time for the cancellation of Van Morrison, a music documentary arrives to snatch the title of Greatest Concert Movie from Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. So could everyone […]
The 33 Worst Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies: Part 3
We have reached the last and worst part of our definitive Arnie ranking, so put that cookie down, let off some steam and remember… 23. Conan the Destroyer (1984) In […]
The 33 Worst Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies: Part 2
You’ve seen the best Arnie movies, now stick around for the sequel – the middleweight contenders in the filmography of Messrs Freeze and Universe. 12. Kindergarten Cop (1990) Kindergarten Cop […]
The 33 Worst Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies: Part 1
What did you do over lockdown? Perhaps you baked a banana bread bust of Captain Tom or developed a COVID vaccine. You may have discovered Cameo and received a Christmas […]
Days of Being Wild
An abusive womaniser (the late Leslie Cheung) leaves Hong Kong in search of his birth mother in the Philippines in Wong Kar-wai’s second feature. If As Tears Go By was a […]
Nobody
From the makers of John Wick, in which Keanu Reeves murdered a bunch of people for killing his dog, comes Nobody, in which Bob Odenkirk murders a bunch of people […]
The Villainess
As far as opening action sequences go, South Korean actioner The Villainess might just have the best: a first-person, single-take fight through corridors packed with scores of assailants, like Oldboy meets […]
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