In the 80s there was a clutch of VHS tapes which performed the function of “films to put on when we’ve come back from the pub”: Robocop, Spinal Tap, Quadrophenia, Blade Runner, and Predator. The requirements for these films is that they appeal across tastes, had quotable dialogue, some cool… Continue reading
In Klansman Spike Lee combines the razor sharp dissection of racial politics of Do The Right Thing with the crowdpleasing thriller narrative of Inside Man, to produce his finest work for a long time, and possibly the film of the year. It relates the incredible but true story of black… Continue reading
After Black Panther and Infinity War, the second AntMan outing returns to more mediocre form. It has our hero coming to the end of his house arrest after the Captain America: Civil War shenanigans. Inevitably his resolution to see it out is tested when Hope Van Dyne requires him to… Continue reading
