Speed
The premise of Speed has made it into the public consciousness by osmosis even if the finer details of the film haven’t. It opens with a bomb plot on an elevator […]
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Good Morning, Vietnam
Part Vietnam war film, part radio-based comedy, Good Morning, Vietnam is about radio DJ Adrian Cronauer as he becomes successful broadcasting to troops in the 1960s. Much of the film, […]
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back belongs in the “crap title, decent film” school of cinema, alongside Pacific Rim. Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who also star), this is a coming-of-age […]
Fargo
A car salesman (William H. Macy) arranges to have his wife kidnapped so he can claim the ransom money from his wealthy father-in-law to pay off his debts. But things […]
Primer
In this ultra low budget sci fi film a group of men build a time machine in their garage. Problems and time travel paradoxes abound as they all go back […]
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Set in Holland in 1655, this is the story behind the famous painting. Scarlett Johansson plays a maid who works for the painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), inadvertently becoming his […]
A Time to Kill
Joel Schumacher’s name is a by-word for awful, thanks to being the man who did what the Joker never could and killing Batman. Nerds everywhere have never forgiven him for […]
Kenny
Kenny is a mockumentary which follows Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson), who works for a portaloo company in Australia. The style of the film is similar to previous mockumentary comedies like […]
On iPlayer: Point Blank
Point Blank is a French crime thriller about a nurse called Samuel (Gilles Lellouche). When a man sought by the criminal underworld, Hugo Sartet (Roschdy Zem), comes into his care, the […]
Half Past Dead
With the Expendables rumour mill working at full capacity there’s one name that’s not been mentioned for a while: Steven Seagal. Now we find out why. When I saw a […]
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