12 Years a Slave
Turner prize winning director Steve McQueen’s third picture deals with the harsh realities of slavery through the true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who is betrayed and sold into […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, this biopic charts the life of South Africa’s first black president, from his beginnings as a lawyer, through his leadership of […]
American Hustle
One of the first major releases of 2014 is David O. Russell’s American Hustle. Or is it David O. Hustle’s American Russell? Either way, add it to the ever-growing list of […]
All Is Lost
Robert Redford is on a boat, in the new survival movie All Is Lost; just about the bleakest possible name for a film, short of calling it He’s Fucked. With Gravity still floating around the […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
In part two of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, our merry band of dwarves continues its journey to The Lonely Mountain to reclaim their homeland from the mighty Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch). […]
Nebraska
Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is a white-haired, dodgy-hipped, almost-senile old man who gets taken in by a scam and becomes convinced that he’s won a million dollars. His son David […]
Homefront
Not to be confused with the American TV show Homeland, the British TV show Homefront or the hardware/garden shop Homebase, this is the Jason Statham movie Homefront. The screenplay is by Sylvester Stallone, who […]
Oldboy (2013)
In the 1990s Joe (Josh Brolin) wakes up locked in a room where he is kept for 20 years. When he’s mysteriously released he goes in search of answers…and revenge. […]
Saving Mr. Banks
As an experiment, myself and my co-goblin Alex are writing this review between us, but you’d never tell because we’ve made it appear seamless using goblin magic. So, 50 years […]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sees Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson return as Katniss and Peeta – not animal rights activists, but the victors of the Hunger Games. I’ve written […]
