The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Andrew Garfield steps into the famous spandex suit for a second time. Two years on and he’s still dating Gwen (Emma Stone), haunted by her dead father (not literally) whose […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Calvary
Calvary is the new drama from John Michael McDonagh, brother of Martin McDonagh of In Bruges fame, making them the most successful Irish siblings since Jedward. Brendan Gleeson plays a Catholic priest, struggling with the […]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
After the events of The Avengers, Steve Rogers AKA Captain America (Chris Evans) is still struggling to adjust to life in the 21st Century. Luckily a flirtatious Black Widow (Scarlett Johannson) […]
Locke
The man in a vehicle sub-genre has recently given us Robert Redford on a boat and Liam Neeson on a plane, and now Tom Hardy in a car. Locke is set […]
The Past
Welcome back to our occasional feature of reviewing new films frustratingly close to the end of their cinematic run. Today is the turn of French drama Le Passé or The Past. Written and […]
Noah
Long-time portrayer of gruff, pseudo-historical leading men Russell Crowe takes centre stage again as the unfortunate soul selected to save humanity from God’s genocidal wrath. Joining Noah are his wife Naameh (Jennifer Connelly) […]
Muppets Most Wanted
After their successful 2011 reboot, we rejoin the Muppets for another adventure with Kermit, Miss Piggy and… Kermit again? Following their celebrated reunion, the Muppets are approached by a duplicitous […]
Non-Stop
Liam Neeson is on a plane, in this new high-concept thriller. High being the operative word. The gruff Irishman plays a gruff Irishman, this time an air marshal who has […]
Robocop (2014)
I can’t describe the plot of this film any better than my co-Goblin Dan did in his recent review of the 1987 original. Therefore I’ve copied and pasted it and […]
Her
In this romantic sci-fi, Jouaquin Phoenix plays Theadore, a man who writes other people’s heartfelt letters for a living. As he struggles to fill the void left by his divorce, […]
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