Basic
DEA interrogator and former Army Ranger Tom Hardy (John Travolta) is brought in to investigate the apparent murder of Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson), who disappeared while on manoeuvres […]
Tag Archives: 2000s
Jazz Odyssey: The Miles Davis Story
Produced for the 10th anniversary of his death, this 2001 documentary recalls the many milestones in the life and works of trumpeter Miles Davis, the jazziest jazz ever got and […]
Chicken Run
In the original chick flick, the residents of an egg farm dream of escape from the tyrannical yoke of Mrs Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) and her scramble-brained husband. After hatching many […]
Brick
Claire from Lost gets lost and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (currently MIA from acting) tracks her down in Rian Johnson’s debut feature. I’ve seen this film three times and still have no […]
We Own the Night
Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby, a nightclub manager who has disappointed his dad and brother (Robert Duvall and Mark Whalberg) by not following in their policing footsteps. But when his club […]
Valkyrie
Based on a true story, this is about the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the rebels’ subsequent attempt to seize control of Nazi Germany, oblivious to their failed assassination […]
Wanted
Human Googlewhack Wesley (James McAvoy) hates his job, his boss (Lorna Scott), his best friend (Chris Pratt) and his life, so when he’s approached by Trinity (Angelina Jolie) and Morpheus […]
Quiz Call: Population 436
Here’s another ‘film with numbers in the title‘ that you’d likely only guess by shouting random numbers down the phone. Population 436 is a classic Quiz Call answer in that […]
Quiz Call: Harvard Man
A response to the question ‘Films with “Man” in the title‘, Harvard Man has the distinction of actually having the word ‘man’ in the title, unlike The Truman Show, The […]
Quiz Call: Three
It’s our next Quiz Call film, this time an answer to the question ‘Films with numbers in the title‘. In fact it’s the perfect Quiz Call answer, as its title […]
Screen Goblin 