Batman Begins
Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy won acclaim from critics, made billions at the box office and made it ok for adults to like superheroes. Now, with the next incarnation of Batman […]
Blog: Morgan Freeman – Ageing Scienceman
Russian scholar Vladmir Propp famously came up with seven character types that appear in fiction. However, as Propp came up with his theory based on fairytales in 1946, he missed […]
All About Eve
Bette Davis plays Margo Channing, the most successful stage actor in America and an egomaniac who surrounds herself with admirers. And no-one admires her more than Eve (Anne Baxter), a […]
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Following on directly from the events of Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock is a 90 minute undoing of that film’s ending. At the end of the second film […]
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
On the seedy streets of Bad City (presumably twinned with Sin City), a predatory young woman (Sheila Vand) meets a handsome drug dealer (Arash Marandi). Let’s call it Under the […]
San Andreas
California is hit by a devastating series of earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault, demolishing buildings, destroying bridges, crushing roads and killing people. But there’s one rock that won’t budge […]
The Amityville Horror
To quote the late great Roger Ebert: “What Jesus was to the 1950s movie epic, the devil is to the 1970s.” Another post-Exorcist Satan movie, The Amityville Horror is supposedly […]
The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno takes place in the tallest skyscraper ever built, whose exclusive opening party is gatecrashed by a massive fire. Every new perceived threat seems to generate a spate of disaster movies, warning […]
Solaris
In the immortal words of Boney M: “Oh, those Russians…” One can’t help but agree with the sentiment when watching Solaris, a three-hour Soviet sci-fi slog. Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) […]
The Mad Max Quadrilogy
As Mad Max: Fury Road roars into cinemas, let’s take a look at George Miller’s dystopian franchise, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where all that survived armageddon is leather. Mad […]
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