Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder follows in the great tradition of films about film production, from Adaptation to Barton Fink, Seven Psychopaths to Galaxy Quest. It’s most similar to this last film, as a […]
The Signal
New Year’s Eve is rubbish. You’re expected to have a great time which is inevitably disappointing. Everywhere is about ten times busier and more expensive than usual. Then all the […]
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Modern retellings of classic tales are nothing new, from Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet to Blancanieves, Snow White set in 1930s Spain. But this interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey – set […]
On iPlayer: Let Me In
The good news is that Let Me In is currently available on iPlayer. The bad news is that it’s crap. This remake of Let The Right One In stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a lonely, bullied […]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
This classic film is a classic adaptation of the classic novel by H.G. Wells. When mysterious meteors crash land on earth, aliens emerge in seemingly invincible spacecraft and wage war […]
Disturbia
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum. That’s simultaneously the lyrics to the Rihanna song Disturbia and my review of the Shia LaBeouf film Disturbia. LaBeouf, who recently announced his retirement from life, […]
Anaconda
A boat full of people go deep into the Amazon, with nothing but basic supplies of hair conditioner, in search of wildlife footage. On their way they’re joined by a […]
12 Years a Slave
Turner prize winning director Steve McQueen’s third picture deals with the harsh realities of slavery through the true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who is betrayed and sold into […]
Stir of Echoes
There exists a cinematic phenomenon known as twin films, whereby two movies with identical premises are released in the same year. Last year there was White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen. 1998 gave […]
Charlie Kaufman: Human Nature and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
My love of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich is well documented on this blog, so naturally I expanded my viewing further into the world of Charlie Kaufman, the screen writer […]
Screen Goblin 