Seconds
Seconds is a 1966 sci-fi about a company that offers unhappy individuals the chance to be “reborn” as a different person. Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is such a man: an unfulfilled, middle-aged banker, […]
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Suicide Squad
In the latest entry into the DCEU, a government operative (Viola Davis) rounds up a team of supervillains to save the world. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Suicide Squad is such a mess […]
Born to be Blue
A few months ago, Don Cheadle played Miles Davis in jazz caper Miles Ahead. Now, Ethan Hawke plays Chet Baker in a similarly improvisational (and druggy) take on the jazz trumpeter’s […]
The Punisher
After watching The Punisher, I was astonished to read that it was made in 2004. This is, in part, due to the fact most of the action is done in camera: […]
Jason Bourne
Matt Damon is Bourne again in this fourth or fifth instalment, depending on whether you remember The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner. Some legacy. Jason Bourne’s story was resolved at the […]
The BFG
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl book follows orphan Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) as she befriends a Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance) – even though his name is tautological, the stupid […]
Shrek Forever After
The final instalment in the increasingly meandering and confusing fairytale parody saga sees Shrek experience a mid-life crisis. Yes seriously. But instead of buying a leather jacket and having an […]
Shrek the Third
Soon after the events of Shrek 2, the frog king of Far Far Away (John Cleese) is dying. On his deathbed (or lily pad) he names Shrek (Mike Myers) as […]
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Beyond is the latest instalment of the revamped sci fi series, presumably because this is the point where it’s gone beyond a joke. However, anyone wondering why the […]
Goodnight Mommy
Trust the Austrians to put forward as their Oscar submission a wincingly nasty horror film, in which a woman (Susanne Wuest) returns home after surgery with a bandaged face and erratic behaviour, leaving her twin […]
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