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, […]
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A Spike Lee Joint: Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever revolves around Flipper (Wesley Snipes) and Angie (Annabella Sciorra) a mixed race couple from New York who have an affair. It also follows Flipper’s crack addict brother Gator […]
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 […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Crooklyn
In December, Spike Lee is remaking Korean sensation Oldboy, so ahead of its release I’m going to be doing a whistle stop tour of some of his films. First up, […]
Psycho (1998)
Fresh from the pile of DVDs Alex got me for my birthday comes this remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece. What I didn’t realise was that Alex obviously hates me, […]
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates is like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. No matter how many times he appears as his defining character, and no matter how low the quality of […]
Psycho III
Shortly after the events of Psycho II, Norman (Anthony Perkins) is still having mummy issues. With his motel now busier than ever, a young ex-nun arrives, who has fled her convent […]
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 […]
Psycho II
It’s 20 years since Norman (Anthony Perkins) was committed to an institution after carrying out a shower-based bloodbath. Now sane, he is released against the wishes of Lila Loomis (Vera […]
Defiance
In Nazi occupied Poland a group of Jews who have escaped oppression take refuge in the woods. They are led by brothers Tuvia (Daniel Craig) and Zus (Liev Schreiber) who […]
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