A Single Man
A Single Man follows an English professor called George (Colin Firth) as he attempts to live his life following the death of his partner Jim (Matthew Goode). A moving drama, […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
Duel- An analogy for the internet troll
Every time I watch Spielberg’s superb debut Duel I’m blown away by the brilliance of its simplicity. The whole film is essentially one long car chase and pure suspense from start to […]
The Breakfast Club
Welcome to a new feature in which I finally get round to watching a film that I really should have seen by now, in this case The Breakfast Club – John Hughes’ […]
Meeting Evil
In Meeting Evil, estate agent John (Luke Wilson), is shaken out of his mundane suburban life when a mysterious stranger (Samuel L Jackson dressed as a Quaker) knocks on his […]
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 […]
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 […]
Screen Goblin 