Homefront
Not to be confused with the American TV show Homeland, the British TV show Homefront or the hardware/garden shop Homebase, this is the Jason Statham movie Homefront. The screenplay is by Sylvester Stallone, who […]
Oldboy (2013)
In the 1990s Joe (Josh Brolin) wakes up locked in a room where he is kept for 20 years. When he’s mysteriously released he goes in search of answers…and revenge. […]
Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 3: Cassandra’s Dream Warriors
As my co-goblin Alex completes his Spike Lee journey, similarities between Spike Lee and Woody Allen emerge. Both are auteurs, generally writing, directing and even starring in their own movies. […]
Spike Lee
And so we conclude our foray into the world of all things Lee. Over the course of the past few weeks I’ve been lucky enough to watch a lot of great […]
Saving Mr. Banks
As an experiment, myself and my co-goblin Alex are writing this review between us, but you’d never tell because we’ve made it appear seamless using goblin magic. So, 50 years […]
On iPlayer: Carnage
For the next four days you can watch Carnage on iPlayer, Roman Polanski’s 2011 adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play God of Carnage. The film opens with an altercation between two kids, then moves […]
A Spike Lee Joint: He Got Game
Jake (Denzel Washington) is offered time off his lengthy prison sentence if he can persuade his son, basketball prodigy Jesus (Ray Allen), to sign up for a scholarship at Big […]
A Spike Lee Joint: 25th Hour
Monty (Edward Norton) is a drug dealer in New York whose busted when police search his house. 25th Hour documents his final day of freedom which he spends with his […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Inside Man
When a masked criminal (Clive Owen) robs a New York bank, it’s up to a seasoned hostage negotiator (Denzel Washington) and his young partner (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to foil “the perfect […]
Suffergettes
Yesterday there was an interesting article on the Independent website, which is surprising enough in itself these days. It was a piece by Harriet Williamson about misogyny in horror films, which […]
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