Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is clearly a film made by people who love ABBA. This is evidenced by their absolute conviction that ABBA songs, even ABBA songs sung and staged horribly, require […]
Tag Archives: 2000s
On iPlayer: The Other Man
When his wife dies, Peter (Liam Neeson), a wealthy executive, discovers she was having an affair and decides to hunt down her lover. Liam Neeson is without a doubt an expert at […]
High Fidelity
High Fidelity follows a grumpy record store owner as he talks us through all his breakups with non-stop music references. And like Barry Manilow, it turns out not to live up to its […]
Spirited Away
I regret to say that I’ve never seen an anime film. Given the number of fans the genre has even in the West, and the critical acclaim it receives, this […]
Notorious
This is a biopic of one of the biggest stars of rap, literally, the legendary Biggie Smalls, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., played by Jamal Woolard. It begins with his fatal shooting […]
Blade II
Some time after Blade, that old bloke who we all thought was dead is back, and that woman we thought would take his place is gone to make way for a new […]
The Dark Knight
There was lots of gushing over this film when it first came up. But not enough, if you ask me, so I’m going to gush about it some more. I’m […]
Batman Begins
Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy won acclaim from critics, made billions at the box office and made it ok for adults to like superheroes. Now, with the next incarnation of Batman […]
Downfall
Today marks 70 years since Nazi Germany admitted defeat in World War Two and surrendered unconditionally to the allies. Downfall documents the final days of the Third Reich inside Hitler’s […]
Rocky Balboa
And so we reach the final instalment of the Rocky franchise (so far). Rocky’s back in his Philadelphia neighbourhood and Adrian’s kicked the bucket in the intervening years, meaning Balboa […]
Screen Goblin 