Creed
Nothing to do with the Christian rock band of the same name, Creed is the latest Rocky movie, in which the franchise comes Full Circle. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is […]
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Tango & Cash
Just when you thought Sylvester Stallone had exhausted soft drink product placement in Cobra, he returns as a cop called Ray Tango. Along with Kurt Russell’s Gabe Cash, he’s framed, imprisoned […]
The Danish Girl
Inspired by the life of transgender artist Lili Elbe, The Danish Girl stars Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander as married painters in 1920s Copenhagen, a place apparently populated by posh Brits. Initially, I […]
On iPlayer: Behind the Candelabra
Currently available on iPlayer, Behind the Candelabra sees the young Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) hired by Las Vegas superstar Liberace (Michael Douglas), whose controlling behaviour consumes their relationship. Like Foxcatcher, but not repressed. Not […]
Brighton Rock
This British film noir from 1947 stars Richard Attenborough as a Brighton gangster named Pinkie, who marries a murder witness in order to keep her quiet. It was released in […]
The Basketball Diaries
Based on the memoirs of Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a promising high school basketball player and writer, who becomes addicted to heroin. This 1995 drama starts out like Saturday […]
The Inglorious Bastards
The Inglorious Bastards is an Italian movie from 1978, not to be confused with Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds or even Inglorious Bar Staff, a film I just made up. Starring Reese Wetherspoons. A loose […]
Song of the Sea
Two young siblings face a magical journey home in this 2014 animation, based on the Irish myth of the selkie. Like Inside Out, the film concerns childhood sadness, but unlike […]
The Departed
The story of an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a mob insider (Matt Damon), The Departed is the best film about a rat and a mole since The Wind in […]
Cliffhanger
Rocky goes to the Rockies in this 1993 mountaineering actioner starring Sylvester Stallone. When a group of incompetent criminals steal three suitcases full of cash, which were being transported from a place […]
