The Pink Panther (1963)
When the Pink Panther diamond goes missing, clumsy detective Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) tries to track it down. Watching this in 2017 it’s very hard to see why it’s so […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
Godzilla (1998)
1998 was not a great year for films. Top at the box office was Armageddon, a film so bad Michael Bay apologised for it. Elsewhere in the top ten are […]
Quatermass and the Pit
The London Underground has played host to some monstrosities in film over the years: cannibals in Death Line and Creep, werewolves in An American Werewolf in London, and Gwyneth Paltrow […]
Sorcerer
Transporting gallons of nitroglycerin through the jungle, Roy Scheider and his crew drive to the very edge of survival – a bit like Jaws, except this 1977 existential thriller was a […]
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
For reasons that are immediately obvious, it’s hard to name the greatest band that never made it, but this 2010 rockumentary makes a strong case that it’s Fishbone. Everyday Sunshine: […]
JFK
Oliver Stone directs this story of the search for truth in the years following the assassination of John F Kennedy. It follows New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) […]
Blacula
What’s the difference between Dracula and Theresa May? One lies in a coffin, the other lies while coughin’. And also lies in a coffin. As the name suggests, Blacula is a blaxploitation […]
Wave Twisters
With Blade Runner 2049 folding at the box office like an origami unicorn, let’s look back on a film that’s equally confusing and 2 hours shorter: Wave Twisters. Or as they say […]
Joy
Here at Screen Goblin HQ, we’ve come up with a number of inventions. For example, the savoury ice cream (instant mash with a sausage for a flake, ketchup for strawberry […]
The Elephant Man
When you think of David Lynch it’s easy to think of films like the painfully long and totally nonsensical Inland Empire, and forget how great he is at directing more […]
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