If….
Supposedly (and hilariously) a favourite of David Cameron’s, If…. is a seminal British satire set in a private school. The school itself is suitably grim; all wooden panels and cruelty. […]
Tag Archives: Dan Meier
Timbuktu
Don’t worry if you’ve not seen Timbuk-one; this is an original drama from Mauritania, about a West African community under the control of Islamic extremists. Based on the brief occupation […]
Hellraiser & Hellbound
What is it with boxes in horror? Mulholland Drive, The Box, Deal or No Deal… But there is none more terrifying than the puzzle box of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser; a […]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
“We’re in the streets of San Francisco looking for a pair of humpback whales.” So says Captain Kirk in a helpfully succinct synopsis of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. […]
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
On the seedy streets of Bad City (presumably twinned with Sin City), a predatory young woman (Sheila Vand) meets a handsome drug dealer (Arash Marandi). Let’s call it Under the […]
The Amityville Horror
To quote the late great Roger Ebert: “What Jesus was to the 1950s movie epic, the devil is to the 1970s.” Another post-Exorcist Satan movie, The Amityville Horror is supposedly […]
The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno takes place in the tallest skyscraper ever built, whose exclusive opening party is gatecrashed by a massive fire. Every new perceived threat seems to generate a spate of disaster movies, warning […]
Solaris
In the immortal words of Boney M: “Oh, those Russians…” One can’t help but agree with the sentiment when watching Solaris, a three-hour Soviet sci-fi slog. Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) […]
The Mad Max Quadrilogy
As Mad Max: Fury Road roars into cinemas, let’s take a look at George Miller’s dystopian franchise, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where all that survived armageddon is leather. Mad […]
Girlhood
This is a French drama about a teenage girl named Marieme (Karidja Touré), who lives in a deprived Parisian neighbourhood. With a difficult home life and no real opportunities, she […]
