Leon
After extensive recommendation I finally gave in and paid £4 for this film (about four times my usual budget), and it was worth every penny. When her family is murdered […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
88 Minutes
Thriller set-ups obviously designed to create as much tension as possible are nothing knew. How many films have a ticking time bomb or a threatened girlfriend? In Speed there’s a bus that […]
On iPlayer: King Kong (1933)
Taking a giant monkey to New York is up there with showering at a remote motel and visiting a Transylvanian castle on the list of things which established movie wisdom tells us […]
Reincarnated
This is a documentary about rapper Snoop Dogg on his journey of self discovery in Jamaica where he attempts to find a new, peaceful reggae sound away from the aggressive […]
Contact
Contact is a Robert Zemeckis film from 1997 based on a novel by scientist Carl Sagan. Rather than review it, I’m going to copy Alex’s technique in discussing World War Z and just […]
On iPlayer: The Ipcress File
In this noir spy thriller from 1965, Michael Caine is Harry Palmer, a London spy who uncovers a web of conspiracy when he’s tasked to track down kidnapped British scientists. […]
Glengarry Glen Ross
An office full of salesmen are put under pressure when a tough outsider (Alec Baldwin) is brought in to get them selling again. When they are told to sell or […]
Spartacus
Based on true events, this is the story of a Roman slave who became a gladiator then led a slave rebellion against the Romans. Like swords? Like sandals? Then this […]
Speed
The premise of Speed has made it into the public consciousness by osmosis even if the finer details of the film haven’t. It opens with a bomb plot on an elevator […]
Good Morning, Vietnam
Part Vietnam war film, part radio-based comedy, Good Morning, Vietnam is about radio DJ Adrian Cronauer as he becomes successful broadcasting to troops in the 1960s. Much of the film, […]
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