Lolita
The BFI’s Kubrick season reminds us again of the visionary director’s breadth of genre: historical epics, political satire and of course, abuse comedy. Two and a half hours of a […]
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I’ve never seen…Million Dollar Baby
A gnarly old boxing instructor (Clint Eastwood) is approached by an enthusiastic new fighter who’s prepared to do what it takes to make it to the top. There’s only one […]
Paddleton
Michael and Andy (Mark Duplass and Ray Romano) are best friends and neighbours, but their simple life together is turned upside down when Michael is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and […]
Total Recall (2012)
Of all the movies to remake, cult films seem a particularly bad prospect. Fans don’t necessarily love the characters or stories independently of the film, they’re fans of the film […]
The Godfather
The Godfather needs no introduction. But in spite of how well known it is, and after being extensively referenced and parodied, it never feels ruined by its status in pop […]
Freaks
Freaks is a pre-Code film with one of the greatest taglines in movie history: “Can a full-grown woman truly love a midget?” Following the success of Universal’s Dracula, MGM asked […]
Pet Sematary
Stephen King’s famous story of the misspelled animal graveyard is exhumed 30 years after its original big-screen adaptation, this time from the producer of the Transformers films and starring Terminator […]
Johnny English Reborn
As if there weren’t currently enough reasons to be horribly embarrassed by all things English, Johnny English Reborn is now on Netflix. This 2011 sequel opens with Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) […]
A Matter of Life and Death
Squadron Leader Peter David Carter (David Niven) is a pilot in World War Two. When his plane is downed over the English Channel he shares his final moments with a […]
Prince of Darkness
In the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church, a priest (Donald Pleasence) discovers a mysterious canister full of swirling green liquid unbeknown to the Vatican (we’ve heard that one […]
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