High-Rise
This is the second goat movie of the week, so I’ll spare the goat puns because you herd them all in my review of The Witch. High-Rise is the new J. […]
Category Archives: New Releases
The Witch
In 1630s New England, witchcraft tears apart a family and seriously spooks their livestock. The result is probably the best goat movie since The Sound of Music – with children almost as […]
London Has Fallen
Some time after the events of Olympus Has Fallen, the funeral of the UK’s Prime Minister is taking place in London and the world’s leaders are travelling to attend. But […]
Triple 9
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan a violent heist in this macho thriller. And when I say macho, I do of course mean moronic. John Hillcoat’s latest movie has […]
Janis: Little Girl Blue
With the BAFTA-winning Amy poised to (hopefully) pick up the Academy Award for best documentary, along comes another doc about a woman with an incredible voice, who died at 27: Janis Joplin. […]
Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds plays Deadpool, a disfigured mutant who sets out to do to his enemies what he did to Green Lantern. And R.I.P.D. And Blade: Trinity. When we last saw […]
Trumbo
You’ve seen him play a crazy dad in Breaking Bad, Godzilla and Malcolm in the Middle. Now, Bryan Cranston plays blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Who also happens to be […]
Spotlight
Spotlight is essentially All the President’s Men transposed for the Catholic child abuse scandal at the turn of the millennium. Featuring an all-star cast including Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Liev […]
The Big Short
From the director of Anchorman comes this Oscernated comedy/drama about the 2008 financial crisis. Let’s call it Bankerman. The Big Short is executed with all the subtlety and characterisation you […]
Brooklyn
This is not a biopic about Brooklyn Beckham, but a drama about a young Irish woman moving to America in the early 1950s. Brooklyn is a lovely film, and quite traditional in terms […]
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