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 […]
Category Archives: New Releases
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 […]
In Fear
After a year of disappointing horror films, finally a new release breathes some life into the genre. In Fear is a low-budget British offering which could teach a thing or […]
The Counselor
It’s probably fair to say that Ridley Scott’s most recent efforts haven’t been his best. He tried to recreate his Gladiator glory by delving into the past with Robin Hood, […]
Captain Phillips
Welcome back to our occasional feature in which we review a film frustratingly close to the end of its cinematic run – today, Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass. The […]
Philomena
Here’s another film about a journalist, which would have made a much better premise for my recent blog on the subject so just pretend I did that. Based on a […]
Gravity
Three astronauts are doing a space walk on the exterior of a satellite orbiting the earth, but when a debris storm damages their craft they are sent adrift in space. […]
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