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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

.Here there be spoilersFive movies into his directorial career, Matthew Vaughn is still a pleasingly unhinged talent. Vaughn has...

Westworld (1973) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Such was the topsy-turvy, wide-open, frontier-like condition of Hollywood in the early 1970s that even a humble author could...

Lemonade Joe Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary

1964 Czech Western musical parody Rating: 16/20 Plot: The titular sharpshooter tries to rid a sinful town called Stetson City of...

Attack the Block (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

A more timely film in late 2011 is hard than this enthusiastic paean to the untapped potential of miscreant...

Piranha (1978) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Joe Dante had cut together trailers for Roger Corman before he made his feature directorial debut with the in-joke...

Britannia Hospital (1982) Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary

1982 Lindsay Anderson movie Rating: 11/20 Plot: Mick Travis, the guy in If… and O Lucky Man!, suddenly finds himself...

Splice (2010) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Nominally a witty, unsettling, eccentric take on the mad scientist and monster movie, Splice finishes up being just as...

In the Loop (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Armando Iannucci’s film adaptation-cum-sequel to the TV series The Thick Of It represents an honourable attempt to revive the...

Up in the Air (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Well-acted, initially engaging, but finally facile and rather dispiriting, Up in the Air commences with a good hook: a...

Thirst (1979) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

One of the key works of Antony I. Ginnane’s wave of international audience-seeking Aussie-made horror movies of the late...

Ghosts of Mars (2001) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

John Carpenter’s last movie to date, Ghosts of Mars, not particularly appreciated at the time of its release, was...

The Informant! (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

The Informant! is another ironically pedantic, deadpan comedy-drama, infused with satire on contemporary American culture, which seems to have...