Postcards from the Edge
Meryl Streep stars as Susanne, an actor approaching middle age and recently out of rehab, trying to navigate her way through the turbulent waters of the Hollywood film industry under […]
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Christine (1983)
Not to be confused with the Christine Chubbuck biopic Christine (2016), Christine (1983) is a John Carpenter movie about an evil car. It sounds stupid, and it probably is, but Carpenter’s ability as […]
Death Line
We’ve all seen some scary stuff on the London Underground, whether it’s enormous rats, drunk people or a busker playing a particularly harrowing rendition of ‘Hallelujah’. Just yesterday I saw this […]
Possessed
Joan Crawford stars as Louise, a nurse looking after the sick wife of Dean (Raymond Massey). Meanwhile she enjoys a passionate affair with his business partner David (Van Heflin) who […]
The Last Waltz
“This film should be played loud!” So begins Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, and the careers of Michael Bay and Zack Snyder. Not to be confused with Take This Waltz or Christoph […]
Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman plays an out-of-work actor who can’t get a job because he takes his roles so seriously. With his reputation preceding him he resolves to wipe the slate clean […]
Lady in the Water
My new film is the sequel to #Unbreakable AND #Split. It was always my dream to have both films collide in this third film. — M. Night Shyamalan (@MNightShyamalan) April […]
Across 110th Street
Three men steal $300,000 from the mob in this blaxploitation classic from 1972. My main complaint with Black Mama, White Mama (co-written by Jonathan Demme, who sadly passed away yesterday) was that […]
West Side Story
Two basketball teams, both alike in dignity / in fair Manhattan, where we lay our scene. So doesn’t begin Sondheim and Bernstein’s West Side Story. Set in New York City, 1957, this […]
Gandhi
“No man’s life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape […]
Screen Goblin 