On iPlayer: Westworld
The original Westworld is available on iPlayer over the festive period, probably because it stars Yul Brynner. This 1973 sci-fi/Western is written and directed by Michael “Jurassic Park” Crichton, a […]
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Escape from New York
Not to be confused with its sequel Escape from L.A., this is Escape from New York; so good they made it twice. John Carpenter’s 1981 action/sci-fi/neo-western hybrid is set in 1997, when Manhattan has […]
Wish Upon
Final Destination meets Bruce Almighty in a new horror film called Wish Upon. I don’t know why. Based on The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs, Wish Upon follows Clare (Joey King), a high […]
Monsterpiece Theater: Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me
Sesame Street does David Lynch, in the Monsterpiece Theater adaptation of Twin Peaks. The Film Alistair Cookie’s version is an homage to the TV show, but let’s stick to Fire Walk […]
Disturbia
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum. That’s simultaneously the lyrics to the Rihanna song Disturbia and my review of the Shia LaBeouf film Disturbia. LaBeouf, who recently announced his retirement from life, […]
Guys and Dolls
We love Sesame Street here at Screen Goblin, and their Monsterpiece Theater segments introduced us to some cinematic classics before we’d even heard of cinema. So as a thinly-veiled excuse […]
The Wolf Man and Other Tails
At one point during the screening of 1941’s The Wolf Man, the guy in front of me dropped some popcorn on the floor, scooped it up and ate it. It’s as […]
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