Conan the Barbarian
Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on Darth Vader, in this 1982 fantasy adventure. Even by Arnie’s standards, this is one bizarre movie. It opens with the quote “That which does not kill […]
The House on Sorority Row
Last night I watched 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row, because – actually, no, I don’t have to explain myself to you. A group of sorority sisters are getting ready for […]
American Ultra
The latest film to be called American Something is American Ultra; an action/comedy about a slacker couple (Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart) whose burnout lives are turned upside down when he turns out […]
Xtro
Yesterday, my co-goblin Alex reviewed the new Shakespeare adaptation Macbeth; today, I’m reviewing alien B movie Xtro. You can’t say we don’t mix it up. This British sci-fi/horror film follows […]
Macbeth
Michael Fassbender plays the titular character – a Scottish Thain with cut-throat ambitions and a murderous instinct. When some strange women prophesise that he will one day be King of Scotland […]
Nothing Can Hurt Me
As a fan of rockumentaries and That ’70s Show, I had to seek out this doc about Big Star – “the greatest band that never made it.” Big Star’s story is almost […]
The Martian
If you were stranded on a deserted planet, what would be your first move? Find food? Secure oxygen? Build yourself a robot friend? Matt Damon plays such a person, astronaut […]
Saturday Night Fever
John Travolta plays an Italian-American called Tony in New York in the late 70s. He faces the drudgery of day-to-day life working in a hardware store, going nowhere, until Saturday […]
Sicario
Sicario opens with a drugs raid on a house whose walls turn out to be lined with 40 rotting corpses. How could anyone live there? Doesn’t the smell bother them? It’s bad enough […]
The Panic in Needle Park
This 1971 drama follows a group of heroin addicts in New York City’s “Needle Park”, and features the first starring role by a certain Al Pacino. A candid representation of an urban underbelly seldom […]
