The Island of Dr Moreau
A young sailor, Braddock (Michael York), is adrift at sea looking for signs of life. Unfortunately for him he finds them in the form of an island populated by a […]
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Hellboy
What’s big, red and will kill you if it falls out of a tree? A firetruck. Or alternatively Hellboy, the Dark Horse Comics anti-superhero who made his movie debut in […]
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
In the week when we learned the name of the new Star Trek film (Star Trek: Beyond Stupid), we look back at the 1991 offering – Star Trek VI: The […]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd hit the big screen in 2007, courtesy of artist, director and David Cameron’s friend Tim Burton. In one of the great shock casting decisions of the […]
The Last King of Scotland
The feature debut of documentarian Kevin Maconald (Marley), The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical thriller – not about Alex Salmond, but former Ugandan President Idi Amin (Forest […]
The Dark Knight Rises
8 years after The Dark Knight, Batman has been blamed for Harvey Dent’s crimes and Bruce has become a recluse, that is, until a new foe rears his ugly head: […]
Star Trek V: The Final Front Ear
Shortly after the end of The Voyage Home, recently demoted Captain Kirk is on shore leave with McCoy and Spock while a new Enterprise is kitted out. Then there’s a […]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
With Jurassic World stampeding the box office, let’s look back at The Lost World: Jurassic Park – the 1997 sequel to Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic classic. In Jurassic Park 2, Vince […]
Misery
Misery turns 25 this year; the perfect flimsy pretext for reviewing this cockadoodie classic. Because it’s Stephen King, the story is about an author, named Paul Sheldon (James Caan). After […]
On iPlayer: Quatermass 2
1957 sci-fi Quatermass 2 (AKA Enemy from Space) is available on iPlayer – for the next 7 hours. So get a move on. Hammer’s sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment sees the return of Brian […]
Screen Goblin 