Exodus: Gods and Kings
Set a couple of hundred years after Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, Exodus follows Moses, the adoptive son of the Pharaoh of Egypt, where the Jews are enslaved. But Moses has an […]
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Napoleon
Charting the meteoric rise of one of the most influential figures in European history, from his humble beginnings in Corsica to conquering Italy for the French, this 1927 epic breaks […]
Desperately Seeking Susan
Rosanna Arquette plays Roberta Glass, a young woman who’s hung up on Susan (Madonna), a beautiful stranger who organises romantic liaisons through the personals section of a New York newspaper. […]
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Matthew Broderick plays Ferris Bueller, an ageing Roger the Dodger who manages to convince his entire community that he’s seriously ill while he actually spends the day out and about […]
Stephen King’s It (1990)
Originally written in January 2014 No, this isn’t a film about the famous author losing a game of tag, it’s actually a horror film about a clown with non-specific motives […]
Christmas Evil
Concluding my confusingly-timed trilogy of Christmas horror movie reviews is Christmas Evil, described by John Waters as “the greatest Christmas movie ever made.” This ho-ho-horror film from 1980 has a couple […]
Dead Poets Society
In 1959, students at the elite Welton Academy find their lives shaken up by the arrival of an unorthodox English teacher, Mr. Keating (Robin Williams). He teaches them to think […]
The Return of Spinal Tap
Almost a decade on from their infamous North American tour, Spinal Tap are back at the top of their game playing a sellout gig to London’s Royal Albert Hall. The […]
Seven Samurai
The tale of the Seven Samurai is one that’s been told many times in different forms, to the point that the essence of the story; a poor village hires seven […]
A Christmas Horror Story
Continuing my August reviews of Christmas-themed horror movies (your guess is as good as mine), it’s time to unwrap A Christmas Horror Story, a Canadian anthology film featuring William Shatner, Canada’s […]
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