Switchblade Romance
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: two friends (Cécile De France and Maïwenn) drive out to a remote house for a getaway, which is rudely interrupted by a murderous maniac. For the […]
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Selma
The latest Best Picture nominee to inevitably lose to Boyhood is Selma, a historical drama about Martin Luther King’s (David Oyelowo) campaign for black voting rights in Selma, Alabama, 1965. […]
Wall Street
I have a soft spot for sleazy ’80s Michael Douglas movies, and they don’t get much more sleazy or ’80s than Wall Street. Charlie Sheen plays Bud Fox, an ambitious […]
Last Action Hero
A young film fan named Danny (Austin O’Brien) is sucked into a cinema screen, suddenly finding himself bang in the middle of an action film alongside his hero – the badass movie cop […]
Cop Land
If Grudge Match has taught us anything, other than what it would look like if the undead did competitive sports, it’s that the combination of Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro doesn’t work. […]
A Most Violent Year
Not to be confused with last year’s A Most Wanted Man, this is A Most Violent Year – a crime drama set in New York, 1981. Oscar Isaac plays a […]
Whiplash
From the writer of The Last Exorcism Part II comes Whiplash – the Oscar-nominated story of a young jazz drummer (Miles Teller) and his ruthless teacher (J.K. Simmons). The two […]
The Secret in Their Eyes
Yet another entry into the sub-genre of films about writers trying to decide what to write, The Secret in Their Eyes is a fittingly forgettable title for a long-winded Argentine […]
Foxcatcher
A tiny snippet of St. Stephen by the Grateful Dead plays on the radio in the only enjoyable five seconds of Foxcatcher; the true story of John du Pont (Steve Carell), a billionaire […]
End of Days
Released in 1999, End of Days is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s only horror film to date – apart from Batman & Robin, obviously. This Jesus Creeper is set around New Year’s Eve […]
