The Craft
Four amateur witches (Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True) find that witchcraft is no joke in this oddly humourless teen movie from 1996. Around this time, TV’s Buffy and Wes Craven’s Scream spearheaded a […]
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Ichi the Killer
One of eight films Takashi Miike made in 2001, this Japanese cult classic follows a yakuza gang whose boss goes missing; for most of us a cause for celebration, but sadomasochistic enforcer Kakihara (Tadanobu […]
Better Watch Out and How to Spot a Christmas Film
Regular readers (hi mum) will know that I love a good Christmas horror movie. Which is why Better Watch Out left me cold. Not to be confused with You Better Watch Out, […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Proving once and for all that mice are more powerful than foxes, Disney today bought 21st Century Fox. I’m not entirely sure of the implications but I gather the Simpsons […]
Lifeforce
Based on the novel The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson, Lifeforce is a 1985 sci-fi horror directed by the late Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) and written by Don Jakoby (Evolution) and […]
Mississippi Burning
This 1988 Oscar-winner recalls a sorry period in Mississippi’s history. Alan Parker’s film is set in 1964, a time when the American president chose not to openly support violent, racist […]
The Buddy Holly Story
The basket of deplorables isn’t exactly teeming with actors, but two fervent Donald Trump fans are Kristy Swanson and Gary Busey, who played Buffy and Buddy (Holly) respectively. There emerges in […]
Gorillaz at the O2
The Caesar of pop Damon Albarn staged his own ape uprising last night at the O2. Gorillaz by Gorillaz was the first album I ever owned, after my dad bought it […]
Grand Piano
Phone Booth goes tone deaf in this 2013 thriller about a concert pianist (Elijah Wood) and a sniper (John Cusack) who threatens to kill him if he gets a single note wrong. Rather than […]
Molly’s Game
Molly’s Game is the directorial debut of Aaron Sorkin, proving that he directs as well as he writes. In that his writing here is awful too. Jessica Chastain plays Molly […]
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