All film reviews (46)
Reviews in order of review being written (alphabetical list by title in available in sitemap):
Frenzy (UK, 1972)
Hitchcock's second-last film, concerning the hunt for a serial killer, is a partial return to form after his poor late 1960s offerings
Rating: 7/10
Suspicion (USA, 1941)
A good Hitchcock but not a great Hitchcock, but his good is better than most people’s best
Rating: 7/10
Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy (USA, 1997)
Dull DTV horror featuring a former Oscar winner and a bunch of TV faces
Rating: 3/10
Time After Time (USA, 1979)
Cracking sci-fi tale with Malcolm McDowell as HG Wells chasing Jack the Ripper into 1970s San Francisco
Rating: 8/10
Def by Temptation (USA, 1990)
Undemanding but well-made horror from the good people at Troma
Rating: 6/10
When Strangers Appear (NZ/USA, 2001)
Gripping and inventive thriller which achieves a lot on a zero budget
Rating: 7/10
Red Planet (USA, 2000)
By-the-numbers sci-fi action film in which no-one does anything unexpected or particularly interesting
Rating: 4/10
Pal Joey (USA, 1957)
Frank Sinatra is torn between Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak and every song is a hit
Rating: 8/10
51st State, The (UK/CAN, 2001)
Robert Carlyle and Samuel L Jackson try but fail to bring life to this strained, unfunny gangster movie
Rating: 2/10
Dark Side of the Sun, The (SERB, 1987)
Brad Pitt is dying of porphyria, but still finds time to romance an American tourist in Yugoslavia
Rating: 4/10
Night Train to Venice AKA Train to Hell (GER, 1993)
Despite a short running time of 71 mins, this Hugh Grant horror-thriller still feels interminably long
Rating: 0/10
Split Decisions (USA, 1988)
There have been some great films about boxing; this is not one of them
Rating: 3/10
Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy 2 AKA Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (USA, 1999)
Worst. Film. Ever.
Rating: 0/10
Darrow (USA, 1991)
Biopic of Clarence Darrow, crusading US attorney of the early part of last century
Rating: 6/10
Magic Bubble, The AKA Unbecoming Age (USA, 1992)
Slight wish-fulfilment fantasy with a very early role for George Clooney
Rating: 6/10
Parallax View, The (USA, 1974)
Tense political thriller from that sweet spot in Warren Beatty's career when he could almost do no wrong
Rating: 9/10
Hot Millions (UK, 1968)
Fantastic comedy-caper written by and starring Peter Ustinov, but it’s Maggie Smith who really shines
Rating: 9/10
Tuff Turf (USA, 1984)
Lesser-known 80s teen drama in which no-one is an actual teen—with early roles for James Spader and Robert Downey Jr
Rating: 6/10
Timecode (USA, 2000)
Four interlinked stories are presented in real-time split screen to varying effect
Rating: 7/10
It! AKA Curse of the Golem (UK/USA, 1966)
Sub-Hammer horror movie in which a man in a rubber suit fails to terrorise London while Roddy McDowall tries to save it
Rating: 1/10