Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
In John McNaughton’s debut feature, Michael Rooker plays Henry – by day a soft-spoken pest exterminator, by night a ruthless serial killer. Made in 1986 but not released until 1990, due […]
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Demolition Man
Warning: this film is going to take a bit of explaining. Demolition Man was made in 1993. Its opening is set in the then-future of 1996, where a rogue cop […]
On iPlayer: Right At Your Door
Here’s a film that’s on BBC iPlayer until Monday, so you can watch Right At Your Door right at your computer. Providing you’re in the mood for a pretty unrelenting film about […]
War
When reviewing a film, I usually like to find similar films to compare it to. In the case of War, the film it is most like is Groundhog Day, not […]
Sea of Love
It seems almost boring to review an Al Pacino film and praise his performance, but in Sea of Love he once again shows why he has a reasonable claim to […]
A Scanner Darkly
Before Before Midnight, Richard Linklater wrote and directed A Scanner Darkly, a true cinematic oddity from 2006. Like most good sci-fi it’s based on a Philip K. Dick novel, and […]
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
When a Monsignor of the Catholic Church visits the town that sits in the shadow of Dracula’s castle, he inadvertently resurrects the monster, and severely pisses him off by attaching […]
Exam or The Apprentice: The Movie
This 2009 thriller sees eight candidates take an unconventional exam for a mysterious corporate job, but each begins to unravel as the stakes continue to rise. The back of the […]
Shame
Steve McQueen explores sex addiction in this 2011 film starring Michael Fassbender. Shame is like a stripped back American Psycho. Its main character, Brandon (Fassbender) lives in a minimalist yet […]
Righteous Kill
Only once before in the illustrious careers of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino had the paths of the two men crossed, in Heat, but in 2008 it happened again, […]
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