Wind River
With Thor and the Hulk pairing up in Thor: Ragnarok, and Spider-Man and Iron Man teaming up in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Hollywood has taken the next logical step and given Hawkeye and Scarlet […]
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Christmas Evil
Concluding my confusingly-timed trilogy of Christmas horror movie reviews is Christmas Evil, described by John Waters as “the greatest Christmas movie ever made.” This ho-ho-horror film from 1980 has a couple […]
Dead Poets Society
In 1959, students at the elite Welton Academy find their lives shaken up by the arrival of an unorthodox English teacher, Mr. Keating (Robin Williams). He teaches them to think […]
The Return of Spinal Tap
Almost a decade on from their infamous North American tour, Spinal Tap are back at the top of their game playing a sellout gig to London’s Royal Albert Hall. The […]
Seven Samurai
The tale of the Seven Samurai is one that’s been told many times in different forms, to the point that the essence of the story; a poor village hires seven […]
A Christmas Horror Story
Continuing my August reviews of Christmas-themed horror movies (your guess is as good as mine), it’s time to unwrap A Christmas Horror Story, a Canadian anthology film featuring William Shatner, Canada’s […]
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Samuel L Jackson plays Darius Kincaid, an incarcerated hitman who’s a witness in a war crimes trial in The Hague. When the convoy transporting him is intercepted, Interpol Agent Rousell […]
Detroit
Kathryn Bigelow (European Gigolo, to use her full name) re-teams with writer Mark Boal for this uncompromisingly realistic dramatisation of Detroit’s 1967 riot, focusing on the murder of three young black men […]
Another Shark Movie
Warbling popstrel Mandy Moore sinks to new depths in 47 Metres Down, just about the least scary title since Johannes Roberts’ last film, The Other Side of the Door. 47 is […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night
For as long as there have been slasher flicks, there have been holiday-based horror films – Black Christmas, Halloween, and of course late-period Garry Marshall. This 1984 slasher about a murderous […]
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