Insidiots
Cast your minds back to this time last month. David Cameron welcomed the proposal of 10 year prison sentences for benefit frauds, people all over the country stood in queues […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
Child’s Play (1988)
If you’re looking for the Sidney Lumet film about an outbreak of violence in a strict Catholic school, see yesterday. This is the story of a doll which becomes possessed […]
Child’s Play (1972)
This is Child’s Play, a film set in a strict Catholic school, where unexplained violence has broken out among the boys. For the film about a doll possessed by a […]
The Wolf Man and Other Tails
At one point during the screening of 1941’s The Wolf Man, the guy in front of me dropped some popcorn on the floor, scooped it up and ate it. It’s as […]
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
In this sub Shaun of the Dead, “blokes in a pub go on a crazy adventure” film, three blokes in a pub, Ray (Chris O’Dowd), Toby (Marc Wootton) and Pete […]
Precious
“Finally Gollum has the spin off movie he deserves!” is a thought that definitely shouldn’t cross your mind when considering whether to watch this gritty drama about a 16 year […]
Children of Men
It’s 2027. No new babies have been born since 2009 and the world’s youngest person has just been killed at the age of 18. Theo (Clive Owen) works for a […]
Top Gun
Tom Cruise plays “Maverick”, the best pilot in the Navy. Wait… the Navy? Surely you mean the Air Force. No, it’s definitely the Navy, I checked. Maybe there’s a Cruise connection there […]
Rope
Set in a swanky New York apartment in 1948, Hitchcock’s first colour film opens with a pair of well-to-do men murdering their friend. They stuff the man’s corpse in a trunk before […]
Sphere
A group of scientists are trapped on an underwater rig by bad weather. On the sea bed, they’re sent to investigate nearby wreckage, and possible alien life. Yeah, it’s basically […]
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