The Insider
This thriller from Michael Mann deals with the cigarette industry, whistle-blowers and the media as top tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) tries to go public with damaging revelations. The legal minefield he […]
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula
In 1897, London solicitor Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) travels to Transylvania to meet his new client Count Dracula (Gary Oldman). Dracula falls in love with Harker’s fiancée Mina (Winona Ryder) when he […]
Animal Farm
This 1954 film is an animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel about a group of animals who rise up against their human slave drivers. After they overthrow the tyrannical […]
Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 4: Cassandra’s Dream Master
As usual, here’s one of Woody Allen‘s best films and one of his worst films. Don’t you even know that yet? I do. Sleeper (1973) Allen’s versatility as a filmmaker continues […]
Shallow Grave
I love Danny Boyle. He makes consistently great movies, turned down a knighthood and seems like one of the nicest people in the world; so much better than his brother […]
Scarface
It’s 30 years since the release of Scarface, so to celebrate, we’re taking a look back at the famous film. This iconic gangster pic charts the progress of Tony Montana […]
Teeth
Teeth is one of those films, like The Human Centipede, which gained immediate notoriety thanks to its shocking premise. But once you delve deeper inside this 2007 comedy/horror film, it’s a lot […]
Hannibal Rising
In this prequel to Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal trilogy, all our questions about Lecter’s murky past are finally answered. Where’s he from? Why did he become a cannibal? Who trained him […]
Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 3: Cassandra’s Dream Warriors
As my co-goblin Alex completes his Spike Lee journey, similarities between Spike Lee and Woody Allen emerge. Both are auteurs, generally writing, directing and even starring in their own movies. […]
On iPlayer: Carnage
For the next four days you can watch Carnage on iPlayer, Roman Polanski’s 2011 adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play God of Carnage. The film opens with an altercation between two kids, then moves […]
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