Rash of Bacon Part 7: Tremors
When a tiny desert settlement is attacked by underground monsters, it’s up to Kevin Bacon and his friends to stop them. But as anyone who’s had to repeatedly endure that […]
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Kick-Ass 2
In a summer full of identical superhero movies, it’s a relief to see 2010’s Kick-Ass followed up in its uniquely uncompromising style. Hit-Girl and Kick-Ass are back, but she’s starting high school and […]
Rash of Bacon Part 5: Animal House
Fans of that Kevin Bacon advert will be disappointed by his limited screen time in 1978 frat comedy National Lampoon’s Animal House. Set in 1962, Animal House tells the adventures and misdeeds of […]
The Most Dangerous Games
One of my favourite strands of science fiction is the speculative sports sub-genre. With its roots firmly in the gladiatorial arena of the Roman Empire, it’s a theme that continues […]
On iPlayer: Good Night, and Good Luck
Set in McCarthy era America, Good Night, and Good Luck is George Clooney’s 2005 drama based on true events – there are no ghosts in it, unless you count the spectre of […]
Shitter Island
2010 was a big year for Leonardo DiCaprio, playing not one but two psychologically wounded widowers. There was Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Inception and Martin Scorsese’s mystery thriller Shutter Island. In Shutter Island, DiCaprio […]
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Aha! The long-awaited Alan Partridge movie has landed and it was well worth the wait. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa sees Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Peter Baynham reunite to bring us a […]
Hypo-carrey-sy
You may have seen the news that Jim Carrey recently denounced his involvement in Kick-Ass 2, claiming: “I cannot support that level of violence.” His change of heart came as a […]
The Breakfast Club
Welcome to a new feature in which I finally get round to watching a film that I really should have seen by now, in this case The Breakfast Club – John Hughes’ […]
The Conjuring and The Marketing
The latest horror film to follow the grammatically questionable trend of having a title that follows “The” with a present participle is The Conjuring, directed by James Wan of Saw and Insidious fame. Or […]
Screen Goblin 