The Expendables III
The movie opens with an ultra-secure mobile prison in a train carriage heading towards a fortress with a high value prisoner on board. But the prisoner is of interest to […]
Rocky
Boxing is at the centre of a number of great films, whether it’s Raging Bull, The Fighter or Grudge Match. One of the most iconic is of course Rocky, starring […]
The Rover
Set in Australia, 10 years after an unspecified disaster, The Rover follows an unnamed man (Guy Pearce) who is on a mission to get his car back from the three […]
Hairspray (2007)
Baltimore has had numerous depictions on film and TV, ranging from The Silence of the Lambs to The Wire. But in Hairspray, it’s a city overrun not with serial killers […]
Dead Man’s Shoes
The scarily talented Paddy Considine is just plain scary as a soldier who returns to his Derbyshire village hell-bent on revenge, in 2004’s Dead Man’s Shoes. The first feature from […]
Guardians of the Galaxy
A man, a raccoon, a tree, a hard bastard and the Wicked Witch of the West team up to save the galaxy from a guy who’s using a magic thing […]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Physicist, neurosurgeon and rock star Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) is test driving his Jet Car through the solid matter of a mountain when he inadvertently unleashes a group of alien reptiles […]
Happy Birthday Screen Goblin!
So this week marks the first birthday of Screen Goblin. Over the last year we’ve brought you reviews of a huge range of films; from X-Men to X-Men 2, from Oldboy to […]
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
In the early ’80s, Canadian metal band Anvil were headlining rock festivals, releasing acclaimed albums and influencing the likes of Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. 25 years later, the band have faded […]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
In Wallace and Gromit’s 2005 cinematic debut, our plasticine heroes run a humane pest-control service called Anti-Pesto, there’s a were-rabbit on the loose, and the Giant Vegetable Competition is fast […]
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