High-Rise
This is the second goat movie of the week, so I’ll spare the goat puns because you herd them all in my review of The Witch. High-Rise is the new J. […]
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The Witch
In 1630s New England, witchcraft tears apart a family and seriously spooks their livestock. The result is probably the best goat movie since The Sound of Music – with children almost as […]
Way Out West
Very much the Blazing Saddles of its day, Way Out West sticks Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy) in a Wild West setting – like Of Mice and Men but with two […]
Hail, Caesar!
Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest movie stars Josh Brolin as a square-headed fixer for a Hollywood studio in the 1950s. Thin on plot but full of ideas, Hail, Caesar! is more a series […]
Zardoz
In the year 2293, lesser humans called Brutals farm the decrepit Earth to feed the Eternals, who live forever in the luxurious Vortex. Until one day, Sean Connery (in his […]
Top of the Flops 5: 47 Ronin
Following in the footsteps of Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves plays an inexplicable samurai in 47 Ronin. “Woah dude, I’m in Japan…” According to Wikipedia, this is the biggest box office […]
Top of the Flops 2: Waterworld
“The future… The polar ice caps have melted, covering the earth with water. Those who survived have adapted, to a new world.” So begins sci-fi/adventure/Kevin Costner movie Waterworld, one of […]
Triple 9
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan a violent heist in this macho thriller. And when I say macho, I do of course mean moronic. John Hillcoat’s latest movie has […]
Boys
Set in either a boys boarding school or some sort of facility for guys with curtain haircuts, Boys is a 1996 film in which Lukas Haas finds Winona Ryder unconscious in […]
The Goblin Awards 2015
Roll out the red dresses and put on your fanciest carpet, it’s time for the Goblin Awards, our annual antidote to the Meryl Steep awards Oscars. 1. The Donald Trump Award […]
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