West is West
On the list of films you didn’t expect to get the sequel treatment, East is East is high up the list, next to Donnie Darko and Psycho. But how does […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur opens with a dog death and just gets bleaker from there. The violent and angry Joseph (Peter Mullan) meets the kind-hearted Hannah (Olivia Colman) and the two strike up a […]
The Curse of Frankenstein
In this 1957 Hammer adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star as the hapless Baron Frankenstein and his gruesome monster respectively. What will follow from fanatical Frankenstein constructing […]
Monsterpiece Theater: Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me
Sesame Street does David Lynch, in the Monsterpiece Theater adaptation of Twin Peaks. The Film Alistair Cookie’s version is an homage to the TV show, but let’s stick to Fire Walk […]
Apocalypto
I’ve put off watching this for a while. If it’s any good an American director will remake it in English. Oh wait… Mayan certainly isn’t the most common of languages […]
The Frozen Ground
2013 is the year that gave us a new royal idiot, a new stupid pope and a new boring thriller starring Batshit Man himself, Nicolas Cage. The Frozen Ground is the […]
Pacino the Lawyer: The Devil’s Advocate v …And Justice for All
The Devil’s Advocate Keanu Reeves is Kevin, an expert defense lawyer from small town Florida who has never lost a case, becoming rich from defending the indefensible. He’s head hunted […]
The Constant Gardener
It seems that every review I write has to include a bit where I complain about the film’s title, and The Constant Gardener is no exception. It’s not even about gardening. It’s […]
Patriot Games
Some films try new things, so even if they don’t quite work they can be forgiven. At least they tried something different. Not Patriot Games. Patriot Games is happy to […]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a shy kid with a troubled past who’s just starting high school. Introverted and lonely, he’s taken in by “misfit” step-siblings Patrick and Sam (Ezra Miller […]
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