The Punisher
After watching The Punisher, I was astonished to read that it was made in 2004. This is, in part, due to the fact most of the action is done in camera: […]
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Shrek Forever After
The final instalment in the increasingly meandering and confusing fairytale parody saga sees Shrek experience a mid-life crisis. Yes seriously. But instead of buying a leather jacket and having an […]
Shrek the Third
Soon after the events of Shrek 2, the frog king of Far Far Away (John Cleese) is dying. On his deathbed (or lily pad) he names Shrek (Mike Myers) as […]
Goodnight Mommy
Trust the Austrians to put forward as their Oscar submission a wincingly nasty horror film, in which a woman (Susanne Wuest) returns home after surgery with a bandaged face and erratic behaviour, leaving her twin […]
I’ve never seen…Breakfast at Tiffany’s
To give you an idea of how far my prior ignorance of this film went, before watching I thought it was about Audrey Hepburn playing a character called Tiffany who […]
Shocker
Shocker is a 1989 slasher by everyone’s favourite Baptist turned pornographer: the late, great Wes Craven. Mitch Pileggi plays TV repairman and serial killer Horace Pinker, who’s executed by electric chair […]
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
In Laputa: Castle in the Sky, a pair of children (Keiko Yokozawa and Mayumi Tanaka) are being chased for their magic amulet that holds the key to a floating fortress. Imagine […]
Staying Alive
Well you can tell by the way it’s Rocky-lite / that Stallone made this piece of shite Music loud, the plot is dumb / the dance scenes aren’t even that fun It’s not alright, not ok / in […]
Nil by Mouth
Given the depressing state of affairs in the UK, Nil by Mouth is an appropriately harrowing British film. Nil by Mouth is a 1997 drama, written and directed by screen legend Gary […]
Swordfish
Swordfish is a 2001 action movie starring Hugh Jackman (young), Halle Berry (topless) and John Travolta (awful). Jackman pretends to be a computer hacker named Stanley Jobson, who must work for a deranged terrorist […]
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