Staying Alive
Well you can tell by the way it’s Rocky-lite / that Stallone made this piece of shite Music loud, the plot is dumb / the dance scenes aren’t even that fun It’s not alright, not ok / in […]
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Nil by Mouth
Given the depressing state of affairs in the UK, Nil by Mouth is an appropriately harrowing British film. Nil by Mouth is a 1997 drama, written and directed by screen legend Gary […]
Swordfish
Swordfish is a 2001 action movie starring Hugh Jackman (young), Halle Berry (topless) and John Travolta (awful). Jackman pretends to be a computer hacker named Stanley Jobson, who must work for a deranged terrorist […]
Clueless & Mean Girls
Imagine my surprise when a double DVD set of Mean Girls and Clueless was delivered to Screen Goblin HQ when I hadn’t even ordered it – regardless of what my Amazon history […]
Money Monster
George Clooney, Jack O’Connell and Cenk Uygur star in Money Monster, not to be confused with the Honey Monster – though like Sugar Puffs, the film is enjoyable at the time but ultimately unsatisfying. During […]
On iPlayer: Margin Call
You can now watch 2011 financial drama Margin Call on iPlayer – or if you don’t want to watch it, just imagine if The Big Short was made by a proper filmmaker […]
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights is the 15th Bond film and the first to star Timothy Dalton as super-spy, bad-taste comedian and misogynist James Bond. After the sheer silliness of the Roger Moore era, Dalton […]
The Darkness
The latest laughable title from Bumhouse is The Darkness, not to be confused with the rock band of the same name – though like the band, this film is shrill and doomed to […]
Friend Request
Friend Request is directed by Simon Verhoeven, the grandson of German director Paul Verhoeven – as opposed to the famous Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (I’m confused). Friend Request is the latest entry into the surprisingly […]
Victoria
This German thriller takes place in the small hours in Berlin, and follows a young Spanish woman (Laia Costa) who hits it off with a local guy (Frederick Lau) – until things […]
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