On iPlayer: The Devil’s Double
One of the many things Saddam Hussein was known for was his use of body doubles, some of whom he reportedly made have plastic surgery to more closely resemble him. […]
Tag Archives: 2000s
Synecdoche, New York
A struggling New York playwright, Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is given a massive grant which he uses to create the most elaborate play ever imagined, incorporating his own life, and […]
Best Worst Movie
Troll 2 has been named by IMDb as the worst movie ever made. It holds a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and even its greatest admirers say it’s bad “by […]
The Core
When electromagnetic disturbances in Earth’s atmosphere start causing problems, the cause is traced to an anomaly in the planet’s core. Fortunately the technology required to tunnel to the core and […]
Revolver
I watched Revolver after I, in a moment of insanity, bought a Jason Statham box set. The first film I watched from it was War, a generic action movie with […]
LGBT History Month: For the Bible Tells Me So
February is LGBT history month, so once again we’re using real world events to make reviews we were going to do anyway seem relevant. Enjoy. For the Bible Tells Me […]
Kill Keith vs JCVD
To be able to laugh at oneself is an admirable trait, particularly when this involves poking fun at some historically un-stellar work. Here are two films that do just that, […]
Apocalypto
I’ve put off watching this for a while. If it’s any good an American director will remake it in English. Oh wait… Mayan certainly isn’t the most common of languages […]
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 […]
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 […]
Screen Goblin 