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 […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
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 […]
Clueless & Mean Girls
Imagine my surprise when a double DVD set of Mean Girls and Clueless was delivered to Screen Goblin HQ when I hadn’t even ordered it – regardless of what my Amazon history […]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Set at some point between our time and 1,000 years in the future when Charlton Heston is due to land, this follows the ape uprising of Conquest, documenting the tensions […]
On iPlayer: Margin Call
You can now watch 2011 financial drama Margin Call on iPlayer – or if you don’t want to watch it, just imagine if The Big Short was made by a proper filmmaker […]
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights is the 15th Bond film and the first to star Timothy Dalton as super-spy, bad-taste comedian and misogynist James Bond. After the sheer silliness of the Roger Moore era, Dalton […]
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is clearly a film made by people who love ABBA. This is evidenced by their absolute conviction that ABBA songs, even ABBA songs sung and staged horribly, require […]
Scratch
Scratch is a 2001 documentary about hip-hop, DJing and turntablism, which you can and should watch on YouTube. Like skateboarding documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys or drag doc Paris is Burning, […]
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