Spotlight
Spotlight is essentially All the President’s Men transposed for the Catholic child abuse scandal at the turn of the millennium. Featuring an all-star cast including Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Liev […]
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Cleopatra
Not to be confused with the TV series based on the 90s pop group of the same name, Cleopatra is historical epic featuring real life couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard […]
I’ve Never Seen… The Sound of Music
How have I gone 24 years without seeing The Sound of Music, the film that trounced Gone With the Wind‘s box office record? It’s a particular marvel since I realised […]
The Big Short
From the director of Anchorman comes this Oscernated comedy/drama about the 2008 financial crisis. Let’s call it Bankerman. The Big Short is executed with all the subtlety and characterisation you […]
Brooklyn
This is not a biopic about Brooklyn Beckham, but a drama about a young Irish woman moving to America in the early 1950s. Brooklyn is a lovely film, and quite traditional in terms […]
Ben-Hur
In this remake of the 1925 classic, Charlton Heston plays Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish Prince who’s screwed over by his childhood friend (and former lover?), the Roman Sextus (André Morell). […]
Monkey Business
This is a film about a brilliant scientist working on a cure for ageing, that he is testing on chimps in his lab. So it’s basically the plot of Rise […]
His Girl Friday
Billed on Netflix as a romantic comedy where two men fight over a woman, this is actually a scathing satire of the newspaper industry. It is to printed news what […]
Room
We goblins are co-reviewing the new drama Room, not to be confused with Tommy Wiseau’s superior The Room. Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay play a mother and son being held […]
Creed
Nothing to do with the Christian rock band of the same name, Creed is the latest Rocky movie, in which the franchise comes Full Circle. Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is […]
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