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 […]
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
For all its stupidity, 2015’s Jurassic World was probably the best film about a dinosaur since The Iron Lady. Like the original Jurassic Park it combined our love of dinosaurs, theme parks and asexual reproduction. […]
The Orphanage
To quote my co-goblin Alex: “Why do people find orphans so scary?” From the shrill hysteria of Orphan to the shrill hysteria of Annie, cinema is rife with stories of […]
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls is not a sequel to An Inspector Calls but a magical realist film directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage) and written by Patrick Ness, adapted from his novel. It’s […]
