A Spike Lee Joint: He Got Game
Jake (Denzel Washington) is offered time off his lengthy prison sentence if he can persuade his son, basketball prodigy Jesus (Ray Allen), to sign up for a scholarship at Big […]
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A Spike Lee Joint: 25th Hour
Monty (Edward Norton) is a drug dealer in New York whose busted when police search his house. 25th Hour documents his final day of freedom which he spends with his […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Inside Man
This 2006 thriller about a New York bank robbery is a generic departure for Spike Lee, but fortunately the man is incapable of making an apolitical film. If Inside Man […]
Cursed or The Catwoman Effect
As regular readers will know, I’m fond of werewolf movies, so the prospect of one directed by horror legend and all-round nice guy Wes Craven was something I was eager […]
A Spike Lee Joint: School Daze
Set in Mission College, a black university, School Daze follows a number of characters through their relationships and friendships during the first few weeks of term. This is basically your […]
Mary Poppins
With this week’s release of Saving Mr Banks, about the troubled production of Mary Poppins, I decided to re-watch the classic film, to see if it was worth Walt Disney […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Clockers
In Brooklyn a young man called Strike (Mekhi Phifer) takes up hustling for a local drug boss, Rodney (Delroy Lindo). When a murder takes place, and Strike’s brother Victor (Isaiah […]
Open Water
With Gravity still orbiting cinemas, let’s look at another sea sickness-inducing survival movie. Made in 2003 and based on real events, Open Water follows a couple whose scuba diving holiday […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing is set entirely on one street in Brooklyn, where, apparently, no cars ever drive. Taking place over only a couple of days, it focuses on the […]
Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 2: Woody’s Revenge
Here are two more Woody Allen films – like last time, one of his best and one of his worst. Manhattan (1979) Shot in beautiful black and white and set […]
Screen Goblin 