Kill Bill vol. 2
The second part of the world’s worst titled film features more random violence, more lazy two-dimensional caricatures and more evidence that Quentin Tarantino got lucky in the 90s. The cultural […]
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The Village
Movie companies are seriously hot on copyright infringement, immediately removing from YouTube any content they deem remotely marketable. So when a film is available on YouTube in its entirety, there […]
On iPlayer: Ca$h
Anyone who saw Ocean’s Eleven and thought “If only this was in French” will be pleased to hear that Ca$h is currently on iPlayer. This French caper stars Jean Dujardin (The Artist) as a conman […]
Gothika
This 2003 horror movie is a woeful entry into the moribund scary-ghost-girl sub-genre. In a performance as limp and lifeless as her hair, Halle Berry plays a psychiatrist who’s inexplicably […]
On iPlayer: The Disappearance of Alice Creed
There’s a line in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy: “Only an idiot kidnaps.” Here we have two such idiots, in 2009 British thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed – currently available on iPlayer. […]
Children of the Corn
Stupid parents – first they’re telling you to go to bed, then they’re making you get out of bed at some ungodly hour like noon. It’s no wonder the child cult of Children of […]
Conan the Barbarian
Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on Darth Vader, in this 1982 fantasy adventure. Even by Arnie’s standards, this is one bizarre movie. It opens with the quote “That which does not kill […]
The House on Sorority Row
Last night I watched 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row, because – actually, no, I don’t have to explain myself to you. A group of sorority sisters are getting ready for […]
Xtro
Yesterday, my co-goblin Alex reviewed the new Shakespeare adaptation Macbeth; today, I’m reviewing alien B movie Xtro. You can’t say we don’t mix it up. This British sci-fi/horror film follows […]
Nothing Can Hurt Me
As a fan of rockumentaries and That ’70s Show, I had to seek out this doc about Big Star – “the greatest band that never made it.” Big Star’s story is almost […]
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