Der müde Tod
A young woman (Lil Dagover) bargains with Death to save the live of her beloved (Walter Janssen). She is sent to three historical periods where she is required to save […]
Category Archives: Reviews
The Red Turtle
From the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Finding Nemo, turtles have a reputation in Hollywood of being crass or stoned. As ever, it’s up to a foreign film to redress […]
Showgirls
As Twin Peaks returns to the delight and confusion of viewers, let’s look back on Kyle MacLachlan’s career lowlight. And I’m not talking about How I Met Your Mother. This 1995 stripper […]
Baywatch
Hollywood continues its obsession with nostalgic, ironic reboots of ’80s TV shows with Baywatch, which remains the most ’80s TV show of all time despite being on in the ’90s. […]
Battlefield Earth
To celebrate the release of Wonder Woman, the film that critics are already calling “a superhero movie with a woman in it”, let’s look back on another Warner Bros. landmark. It’s the year […]
Alexander
Oliver Stone directs this sub-Gladiator sword-and-sandal epic charting Alexander of Macedonia’s ground-breaking attempt to sob his way across Asia. Alexander boasts an all-star cast, with Colin Farrell in the lead […]
Stargate
A mysterious stone circle is dug up in Egypt and swiftly transported to America where it belongs. The US military investigaty mysterious object division enlists the help of Dr Daniel […]
Postcards from the Edge
Meryl Streep stars as Susanne, an actor approaching middle age and recently out of rehab, trying to navigate her way through the turbulent waters of the Hollywood film industry under […]
Christine (1983)
Not to be confused with the Christine Chubbuck biopic Christine (2016), Christine (1983) is a John Carpenter movie about an evil car. It sounds stupid, and it probably is, but Carpenter’s ability as […]
Death Line
We’ve all seen some scary stuff on the London Underground, whether it’s enormous rats, drunk people or a busker playing a particularly harrowing rendition of ‘Hallelujah’. Just yesterday I saw this […]
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