I know, I know. You’re probably thinking ”Why would you pick that one? You’ve got Get Carter, The Long Good … Continue reading Sexy Beast: My favourite British gangster movie

It’s not exactly a hot take, but I’ve never liked Michael Bay. Aside from the somewhat-passable The Rock (a film … Continue reading Songbird: COVID-based thriller gets an A for Anus

Fiercely loved and loathed by critics and audiences alike, Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke arguably stands as the boldest and most … Continue reading Cache (2005): Postmodern paranoid thriller offers some stark food for thought

Who doesn’t love a good comedy-horror? From Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise and Ghostbusters right through to the meta-madness of … Continue reading Freaky: Body-swap slasher is good, weird fun

I’ve always been magnetised by the political assassination movie. Organised crime hit-men and freelance wet-workers are intriguing and frightening enough … Continue reading In the Line of Fire (1993): The thinking person’s action thriller

I’ve always found contemporary Westerns to be far more compelling than the standard 19th-early 20th-century epoch that is immediately familiar … Continue reading Let Him Go: 60s-set neo-Western is sweet if uneven

Anthony Shaffer is a name of quintessence when it comes to good, old-fashioned British mystery fare. Outside of John Hurt’s … Continue reading Sleuth (1972): Whimsically British psychological warfare

I’ve always been quite partial to a good Christmas movie. Die Hard (yes, it does count, and I’m perfectly happy … Continue reading Fatman: Mel Gibson’s weirdo Christmas flick

I’ve always been highly enamoured of David Lynch, to the extent that he sits on my personal ‘Mount Rushmore’ of … Continue reading Wild at Heart (1990): The most wonderfully deranged love story ever

Cinema has been gifted with some of its strongest tales in stories that are predicated on the relationships between male … Continue reading Jungleland: Powerful siblings drama is elevated to greatness by its performances