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 […]
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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 […]
On iPlayer: Made in Dagenham
Set in 1968, Made in Dagenham is based on the sewing machinists strike over equal pay at Ford’s Dagenham plant. It’s currently on iPlayer, though if you’ve seen films like […]
Room
We goblins are co-reviewing the new drama Room, not to be confused with Tommy Wiseau’s superior The Room. Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay play a mother and son being held […]
Over the Top
There are films out there that defy belief, and most of them star Sylvester Stallone. Over the Top is such a film; a Stallone-penned drama about arm-wrestling. Let’s call it […]
