Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Enterprise crew are back in this 1982 sequel, this time to do battle with Khan (Ricardo Montalban); a genetically enhanced tyrant exiled by Kirk (William Shatner) 15 years previously, […]
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Ten years after the show was axed, the cast is re-assembled for a big-screen outing. A strange entity is heading for Earth, threatening the planet’s very existence, and with the newly-fitted […]
Back to the Future Part II
Set immediately after the events of Back to the Future, this 1989 sequel opens as Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) warns Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) about the fate of his children, and together […]
Rocky V
Having resolved the Cold War by beating up Dolph Lundgren, Sylvester Stallone is back in Rocky V. Will Rocky step back into the ring? How will his family cope without […]
A Christmas Carol: 2 Adaptations
As we approach Christmas, let’s talk about A Christmas Carol; surely one of the most adapted works of fiction, up there with Dracula and The Bible. Charles Dickens’ novella has been reworked in everything from Blackadder’s Christmas Carol to Ghosts of […]
Galaxy Quest
When the cast of a cult sci-fi series are mistaken for a real starship crew, it’s time for the reluctant actors to face a genuine space adventure – and indeed “the role […]
I’ve Never Seen… E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Welcome to a new feature, in which we review classics that we’d inexplicably never seen. It’s a bit like the Radio 4 show I’ve Never Seen Star Wars, except completely different and original […]
Singin’ in the Rain
Looking though one of those lists of the 100 greatest films or something, this was the first one I hadn’t seen. I say I hadn’t seen it; what I mean […]
[Rec]
A TV crew follow a team of fire-fighters into an apartment block, in Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s found-footage horror movie. It’s not giving too much away to say that […]
Screen Goblin 