Porco Rosso
A porcine fighter pilot eludes Italian fascist swine in Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso. Hayao Miyazaki’s ode to old Hollywood follows the Bogartian bounty hunter through a series of hog nights […]
Tag Archives: 1992
Army of Darkness
Trapped in the Middle Ages, Ash (Bruce Campbell) is back as the man whose chin grows in every incarnation, begging the question of why he’s never played Mitt Romney. The […]
Quiz Call: My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny is an answer to the question ‘Films beginning with “M”‘,* which the Quiz Call host on duty was shocked people didn’t get with the clue ‘my left […]
Death Becomes Her
Madeleine and Helen (Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) will stop at nothing to stay looking young, so when they reach the limits of plastic surgery they’re tempted to drink an […]
Sister Act
After witnessing a murder by her dodgy ex (Harvey Keitel), life-loving singer Deloris (Whoopi Goldberg) is sent to witness relocation in the most unlikely place possible: a convent under stern […]
Batman Returns
The follow-up to Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman takes a turn for the macabre, as lead villain The Penguin (Danny DeVito), a deformed creature raised in the sewer, runs for mayor in Gotham, […]
The Return of Spinal Tap
Almost a decade on from their infamous North American tour, Spinal Tap are back at the top of their game playing a sellout gig to London’s Royal Albert Hall. The […]
Chaplin
Richard Attenborough returns to the biopic, this time charting the life of silent comedy star Charlie Chaplin. Without a doubt the best thing about this film is Robert Downey Jr’s […]
Raising Cain
To paraphrase my co-Goblin Dan, “Brian De Palma totally kisses Alfred Hitchcock’s butt”. I said in my recent review of Dressed to Kill that it was in many ways an extension of […]
Patriot Games
Some films try new things, so even if they don’t quite work they can be forgiven. At least they tried something different. Not Patriot Games. Patriot Games is happy to […]
