Prisoners
Child abduction. Rubbish isn’t it? And it’s about time someone made a film about it. Preferably starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Ideally where Jackman plays a father whose child […]
Tag Archives: Dan Meier
Blue Jasmine
After almost a decade of hopping around Europe, with varying degrees of success, Woody Allen returns to the USA for his billionth film, Blue Jasmine. Blue Jasmine is about […]
Contact
Contact is a Robert Zemeckis film from 1997 based on a novel by scientist Carl Sagan. Rather than review it, I’m going to copy Alex’s technique in discussing World War Z and just […]
Rush
No, it’s not a biopic of mad American shock-jock Rush Limbaugh, played by Naomi Watts. Nor is it a rockumentary about Canadian prog outfit Rush, played by Naomi Watts. Rush […]
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back belongs in the “crap title, decent film” school of cinema, alongside Pacific Rim. Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who also star), this is a coming-of-age […]
On iPlayer: The Quatermass Xperiment
In The Quatermass Xperiment, three astronauts are sent into space but when the rocket crash lands in England, only one returns. The man who launched the rocket, Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), […]
You’re Next
I wish I’d been around in the ’80s. Sure there’d be Thatcherism and bad hair to contend with, but there’d be a new slasher film in the cinema every week. […]
What Maisie Knew
Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, this new drama is a modernisation of a novel by Henry James. Onata Aprile plays Maisie, a child stuck in the middle of her […]
Bug
Not to be confused with the Adam Buxton show of the same name, Bug is a 2006 horror film directed by William Friedkin about an alcoholic woman (Ashley Judd) and a paranoid […]
Strictly Classified Part 9: What We’ve Learnt
We’ve reached the end of our sojourn into surveillance and if we weren’t worried about being watched before we’re completely convinced now. Stop reading this and do a little wave […]
