On iPlayer: Made in Dagenham
Set in 1968, Made in Dagenham is based on the sewing machinists strike over equal pay at Ford’s Dagenham plant. It’s currently on iPlayer, though if you’ve seen films like […]
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Over the Top
There are films out there that defy belief, and most of them star Sylvester Stallone. Over the Top is such a film; a Stallone-penned drama about arm-wrestling. Let’s call it […]
Tango & Cash
Just when you thought Sylvester Stallone had exhausted soft drink product placement in Cobra, he returns as a cop called Ray Tango. Along with Kurt Russell’s Gabe Cash, he’s framed, imprisoned […]
Cobra
Sylvester Stallone writes and stars in a film about a cop who’s tough, impulsive, hot-headed and totally un-employable. He takes on a death cult who are responsible for a string of […]
On iPlayer: Behind the Candelabra
Currently available on iPlayer, Behind the Candelabra sees the young Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) hired by Las Vegas superstar Liberace (Michael Douglas), whose controlling behaviour consumes their relationship. Like Foxcatcher, but not repressed. Not […]
Brighton Rock
This British film noir from 1947 stars Richard Attenborough as a Brighton gangster named Pinkie, who marries a murder witness in order to keep her quiet. It was released in […]
How to Marry a Millionaire
If you want to know how to marry a millionaire you could ask Jerry Hall, or you could watch this film, in which three young women (Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable […]
The Basketball Diaries
Based on the memoirs of Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a promising high school basketball player and writer, who becomes addicted to heroin. This 1995 drama starts out like Saturday […]
The Inglorious Bastards
The Inglorious Bastards is an Italian movie from 1978, not to be confused with Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds or even Inglorious Bar Staff, a film I just made up. Starring Reese Wetherspoons. A loose […]
Song of the Sea
Two young siblings face a magical journey home in this 2014 animation, based on the Irish myth of the selkie. Like Inside Out, the film concerns childhood sadness, but unlike […]
Screen Goblin 