Eraserhead
After watching Erasherhead, and eating a certain amount of cheese, I dreamt I was being chased through a train by a shapeshifting man-dog and I couldn’t tell anyone because they’d say “it’s […]
Tag Archives: Dan Meier
What We Do in the Shadows
A group of vampires flat-share in What We Do in the Shadows, the funniest vampire movie since Twilight. This 2014 mockumentary drains great comedy from the day-to-day logistics of being a vampire […]
The Woman (Vs Room)
After Room left me feeling depressed, I revisited The Woman by way of a palette cleanser; the cinematic equivalent of a Fisherman’s Friend. Administered by Leatherface. Room and The Woman both feature Sean Bridgers as […]
Rain Man
Not to be confused with Rayman, this 1988 drama stars a different cartoon character (Tom Cruise) as selfish car salesman Charlie Babbitt, who learns that his deceased father has left […]
The Big Short
From the director of Anchorman comes this Oscernated comedy/drama about the 2008 financial crisis. Let’s call it Bankerman. The Big Short is executed with all the subtlety and characterisation you […]
Blade: Trinity
In David S. Goyer’s Blade: Trinity, Wesley Snipes is back to bother more vampires and second-hand DVD stores. Apparently Snipes went crazy on the set of this 2004 action threequel, […]
Scanners
David Cronenberg, the Canadian King of Venereal Horror, writes and directs Scanners – a sci-fi/horror film about individuals with telekinetic powers, weaponised by the ConSec corporation. Let’s call it The Canadian Candidate. Released in […]
Brooklyn
This is not a biopic about Brooklyn Beckham, but a drama about a young Irish woman moving to America in the early 1950s. Brooklyn is a lovely film, and quite traditional in terms […]
Big Trouble in Little China
Truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) and his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) drive to the airport to pick up Wang’s fiancée Miao Yin (Suzee Pai), only to see her kidnapped by […]
Sunset Boulevard
When a struggling screenwriter’s (William Holden) car breaks down on Sunsent Boulevard, a faded silent movie star (Gloria Swanson) and her doting butler (Erich von Stroheim) welcome him to her […]
Screen Goblin 