by Martin | Oct 18, 2014 | movies, reviews
I’ve always been put off by Redemption DVDs because they seem to be marketed at sadomasochistic lesbian vampire Goths and (moreover) their male admirers – and I am neither. Look beyond the packaging, however, and you will often find a decent transfer of a...
by Martin | Oct 4, 2014 | movies, reviews
Mere seconds after rogue stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) appears in Martin Scorsese’s film, I was eagerly awaiting his comeuppance, if not actual slow death by steamroller. Unfortunately I had to wait nearly 3 hours and even then (SPOILER ALERT)...
by Martin | Sep 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Back in the mid-eighties Alan Parker used Peter Greenaway’s films as an example of the British film industry’s failure to come up with commercially viable product, opting for self-indulgent artiness instead. I can’t remember what Greenaway’s...
by Martin | Sep 21, 2014 | movies, reviews, Uncategorized
OPEN WINDOWS In an age when you can watch films on your phone, here’s another novelty – going to the cinema to see a film whose action takes place entirely on someone’s laptop screen. I think it did, anyway – I was frankly a little befuddled by the end....
by Martin | Sep 14, 2014 | movies, reviews
ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE As is well-known, the only way in which girls can achieve any kind of power in that hellish jock-dominated microcosm of American society known as high school is either by means of their bodies or through witchcraft. And witchcraft doesn’t...
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