Copying Beethoven
A musical nun, Anna (Diane Kruger), gets a job as a copyist for Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris) but he’s a tough boss, owing to his messy lifestyle, unpleasant habits […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
Lincoln
In January 1865 Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) seeks to pass the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in order to prohibit slavery before the end of the Civil […]
Predator
The horrifying story of a rescue team attacked in Central America, Predator is essentially a jungle-based version of Alien, although that’s no reason to try to combine the two franchises […]
Interview with the Vampire
A San Francisco journalist (Christian Slater) meets with Louis (Brad Pitt), a man claiming to be a centuries old vampire. Louis recounts the remarkable tale of how he was created […]
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The release of the Terrance and Phillip movie leads to a war with Canada after Kyle’s mum accuses the nation of corrupting America’s children. In 1999 South Park was only […]
The Haunting
Guilt-ridden Eleanor (Julie Harris) is summoned to a haunted house by a paranormal investigator and serial mansplainer (Richard Johnson) in this 1963 adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill […]
Jason X
Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) goes to space in this tenth Friday the 13th flick from 2001, which they should have called Jason and the Astronauts. Sending your characters into space […]
True Lies
Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life as a dull husband and super spy in 1994’s True Lies, which turned out to be truer than anyone knew in light […]
Look Back in Anger
Richard Burton plays archetypal angry young man Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger, from which Oasis derived a song title and much of their behaviour. Adapted from John Osborne’s […]
The Legend of Barney Thompson
Robert Carlyle directs and stars as the titular character, a cantankerous barber whose boring life is turned upside down when he accidentally kills someone and ends up being wanted for […]
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