The Scream Quadrilogy
Having attended an all-night marathon of the Scream quadrilogy at Leicester Square’s wonderful Prince Charles Cinema, please indulge me as I deliriously gush about three great slasher movies and Scream […]
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Marley
Kevin Macdonald’s documentary about Bob Marley is basically Snoop Dogg’s Reincarnated, but with less weed. At two and a half hours, this is a thorough documentary that leaves no stoned unturned. […]
Switchblade Romance
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: two friends (Cécile De France and Maïwenn) drive out to a remote house for a getaway, which is rudely interrupted by a murderous maniac. For the […]
Rocky Balboa
And so we reach the final instalment of the Rocky franchise (so far). Rocky’s back in his Philadelphia neighbourhood and Adrian’s kicked the bucket in the intervening years, meaning Balboa […]
Wall Street
I have a soft spot for sleazy ’80s Michael Douglas movies, and they don’t get much more sleazy or ’80s than Wall Street. Charlie Sheen plays Bud Fox, an ambitious […]
Last Action Hero
A young film fan named Danny (Austin O’Brien) is sucked into a cinema screen, suddenly finding himself bang in the middle of an action film alongside his hero – the badass movie cop […]
Cop Land
If Grudge Match has taught us anything, other than what it would look like if the undead did competitive sports, it’s that the combination of Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro doesn’t work. […]
Changing Lanes
This film follows Samuel L Jackson and Ben Affleck on the worst day of their lives since Jackson didn’t win an Oscar and Affleck said yes to Gigli. Doyle (Jackson) […]
The Secret in Their Eyes
Yet another entry into the sub-genre of films about writers trying to decide what to write, The Secret in Their Eyes is a fittingly forgettable title for a long-winded Argentine […]
End of Days
Released in 1999, End of Days is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s only horror film to date – apart from Batman & Robin, obviously. This Jesus Creeper is set around New Year’s Eve […]
Screen Goblin 