The Verdict
Paul Newman plays a down-and-out lawyer who spends his days drinking himself to death, until he’s thrown a lifeline with a seemingly cut-and-dry medical case. But before he can get […]
Judge Dredd
Almost 20 years on, this doesn’t quite deserve its reputation as one of the worst comic book movies ever. In a terrifying dystopian future, where Sylvester Stallone wears painfully tight […]
Monster’s Ball
Not to be confused with the Lady Gaga tour Monster Ball or the porn film Monster’s Balls, this is the 2001 drama Monster’s Ball. Starring Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton, this […]
Good
Viggo Mortensen plays Halder, an author and intellectual who is drawn into the Nazi party after his views on euthanasia are appropriated by the fascists. Mortensen here once again proves […]
On iPlayer: The Devil’s Double
One of the many things Saddam Hussein was known for was his use of body doubles, some of whom he reportedly made have plastic surgery to more closely resemble him. […]
Robocop (2014)
I can’t describe the plot of this film any better than my co-Goblin Dan did in his recent review of the 1987 original. Therefore I’ve copied and pasted it and […]
Harold Ramissed
Harold Ramis sadly died on Monday aged 69, and as BuzzFeed-wannabe The Independent recently taught us, you shouldn’t be put off writing about someone just because you’ve not seen any of their […]
Synecdoche, New York
A struggling New York playwright, Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is given a massive grant which he uses to create the most elaborate play ever imagined, incorporating his own life, and […]
Monster
Not to be confused with Gareth Edwards’ Monsters or Disney Pixar’s Monsters Inc, this is Patty Jenkins’ Monster; the real life story of prostitute-turned-serial killer Aileen Wuornos, played by Charlize Theron. Theron is unrecognisable in […]
The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd, who is to L Ron Hubbard as Charles Foster Kane is to William Randolph Hearst, as Hynkel is to Hitler, or as The Emperor […]
Screen Goblin 