Generation Wealth
This timely documentary about our cultural obsession with wealth comes the same week that Forbes declared Kylie Jenner a “self-made billionaire,” because words don’t matter nowadays. Only capital. And we don’t […]
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Marrowbone
Set in 1969, Marrowbone follows an English family fleeing to America. Remember when that was a good idea? This Spanish-produced but English-language (debatable given some of the dialogue) chiller is written […]
Kiki’s Delivery Service
The first Studio Ghibli movie to become a hit in America (thanks to a distribution deal with Disney), Kiki’s Delivery Service is the story of a young girl (Minami Takayama) who travels to […]
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Not only does Friday the 13th mark the day Donald Trump descended upon the UK, it’s also Jason Vorhees’ birthday (not sure how that works). So let’s raise a glass […]
Skyscraper
More a one-man movie industry than an actor, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has wrestled the disaster flick from Roland Emmerich’s clammy hands. Barely has the dust settled on his last […]
Alice, Sweet Alice
A withdrawn 12-year-old (Paula Sheppard) becomes the prime suspect when her younger sister (Brooke Shields) is murdered during her first communion, in Alice, Sweet Alice – AKA Communion, Holy Terror and Feather Ded. OK I […]
The First Purge
I should start by saying I’ve not seen the other Purge movies, having always found the premise profoundly stupid. Why would any government make all crime legal for one night […]
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye is a 1973 noir based on a Raymond Chandler novel, as opposed to The Long Kiss Goodnight, which isn’t. This beautiful blend of cats, smoking and topless yoga is […]
Hudson Hawk
Bruce Willis and an undercover nun (Andie MacDowell) undertake a wacky adventure in a film they should have called Old Habits Die Hard. Instead they called this 1991 flop Hudson Hawk, […]
Get Carter
Get Carter is not to be confused with Coach Carter, John Carter or the 2000 remake starring Sylvester Stallone, to whom the film’s misogynistic violence probably came quite naturally. Allegedly. Like […]
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