Unworldly Views: Cult Film Reviews and all that Jazz

Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning (2012)

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews August 3, 2014

Normally I unearth the cultural artefacts that interest me by dint of patient digging in obscure corners, but sometimes something comes barrelling out of the internet during an idle hour to catch me off guard rather like MMA fighter Andrei ‘The Pitbull’ Arlovski keeps ...Read More

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Camille Claudel 1915

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews July 26, 2014

This meeting of two arthouse legends – Bruno Dumont, a director who has previously always refused to work with professional actors, and Juliette (Chocolat) Binoche – is heralded by posters screaming BINOCHE CLAUDEL DUMONT, in the manner of ads for an action movie featuring ...Read More

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Mothra (1961)

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews July 12, 2014

After a self-imposed double-bill of Camille Claudel 1915 and Miss Violence at the Curzon Soho, what better way to cool off than with a showing of Mothra, at the Prince Charles off Leicester Square? So I reasoned. And it only cost a pound, if ...Read More

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Theatre Of Blood (1973)

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews June 29, 2014

Mark Kermode once stated that anyone who said they’d guessed the ending of The Usual Suspects was lying. I have never quite forgiven him for this – I guessed it, but what proof do I have? Essentially he was out there calling me a ...Read More

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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews June 18, 2014

Who the hell’s Diane Arbus? If this is your reaction to the above title, then you probably won’t get much out of this film. I knew little about Diane Arbus, and having seen the film, now feel that I know less. Which is not ...Read More

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The Manster (1959)

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews June 12, 2014

I got this in a DVD box set called Brains That Wouldn’t Die (‘6 Midnight Movies on 2 DVDs!’). On the plus side, there are some hard-to-see films here – on the downside, such is the picture quality that they often remain hard to see, ...Read More

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Locke

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews May 25, 2014

This is that film where a plausibly middle-aged Tom Hardy drives from Birmingham to London in a Welsh accent. Not a bad Welsh accent – I was reminded of Rob Brydon, who also did a thing set entirely in a vehicle, Marion And Geoff. ...Read More

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Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews May 11, 2014

I’ve wanted to see the 1973 made-for-TV movie Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark ever since I read about it in Halliwell’s Film Guide in the early 80’s. I never have, but no doubt it would be just as disappointing as Troy Nixey’s 2010 ...Read More

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Exhibition

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews May 11, 2014

Director Joanna Hogg’s first two films – Unrelated (2007) and Archipelago (2010) – are about upper-middle class English families on holiday in Tuscany and the Scilly Isles respectively. They were more interested in absorbing you in a landscape and situation than in telling a ...Read More

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A Nightmare On Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

Martin Plumbridge movies, reviews May 4, 2014

The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival has renamed itself Flare. I’m not sure what I think about this – immediate associations that spring to mind (trousers, nostrils, distress signals) are not exactly encouraging. Also, if someone told me: ‘I’m going to Flare’, my ...Read More

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