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Heavy Metal 1/5
Quite tiresome movie which I actually saw in the cinema the first time around, and kind of remembered fondly as a goofy cartoon with decent music, but this time around I found the terrible animation and mostly poor early 70s … Continue reading
Hold That Ghost 3.5/5
A fun one from Abbott and Costello, and many of the routines in this one were redone a little more slickly in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein 7 years later. This also benefits from some Andrews Sisters songs and some … Continue reading
Hour of the Wolf 1.5/5
Pretentious flimflam of the highest order. An hour in, the film actually picked up dramatically and looking like it might have something worthwhile to it, but that ground to a halt after 10 minutes and went back to the tiresome, … Continue reading
High Anxiety 3/5
Not a great comedy, but it has its moments, and part of the fun is spotting the references to Hitchcock movies. Most of them are completely obvious, but there’s some more subtle ones, such as Marnie. There was one scene … Continue reading
Haywire 3.5/5
Rather good action-spy flick, owing more to 24 and Bourne than Bond, but also very, very reminiscent of late 60s and 70s downbeat spy dramas, like The Ipcress File. The music, filming style, and even the clothing evoked this spirit. … Continue reading
The Haunting 4/5
Lovely, atmospheric, tense, watchable. Not scary, but mesmeric. It adheres very closely in both story and tone to the Shirley Jackson book it’s based on, even using parts of the beautifully written opening and closing paragraphs of that book in … Continue reading
Hitchcock 2.5/5
Whilst we get great performances from Hopkins, Mirren and Johansen, the story is like a final stage heroin junkie – thin, unfocussed and more than a little frustrating at times. Whole sections seemed to be injected into the main narrative … Continue reading
Hunter Prey 3/5
Rather enjoyable, cheap but competently made that mixes elements of the Star Trek episode Arena, Battlefield Earth (and I mean the story, not the rank filmmaking), and Enemy Mine in a blender and comes up with a pretty satisfying product. … Continue reading
Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United 1/5
This was rather poor, but I admit I was kind of excited to see a Hulk/Iron Man pairing, so perhaps my expectations were too high. To break it down – Good: a few (a very few) of the shots and … Continue reading
Hooper 3/5
Easy going, fun, undemanding stuntman comedy with Burt Reynolds, interestingly touching on a man getting to the end of his career, and damaged from it. It has a few laughs and exciting scenes, but my favourite parts are the bar … Continue reading
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 3.5/5
More goofy fun with the two guys trying to have fun, with some rather fine visual gags (I laughed really hard at least twice, and laughed pretty much throughout), and some really funny jokes riffing on racist idiots, stereotypes, and … Continue reading
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 3/5
This was undemanding fun, watching the two guys going through a hellish night just for burgers, but learning a little about life. Neil Patrick Harris is particularly fun.
The Heat 3.5/5
If you’re fine with a constant stream of profanities, which I am, then this is the movie for you. I’ve always liked Bullock as a comedienne, and this pairing with McCarthy is pretty fun. It’s not great, but it’s pretty … Continue reading
How To Train Your Dragon 3.5/5
This started slow, but got better and better, and had a great, happy ending. Very enjoyable.
Hound of the Baskervilles 1959 3.5/5
Fine Hammer take on Sherlock Holmes from Peter Cushing. Christopher Lee is also present and rather good as Sir Henry Baskerville, and I liked that the Watson in this was rather capable and less of a bumbling audience-substitute who only … Continue reading
The Haunted Palace 3.5/5
Rather fine, and I think a little forgotten, Roger Corman movie with Vincent Price. The film looks really crisp and lush, and Corman knew how to stretch the dollars to keep the film looking classy, but kept it cheap by … Continue reading
The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug and our Top 5 movies of 2013 – 124
Sam and Mark talk about King Kong Vs Godzilla, Arthur Christmas and Elysium, and then get onto their top 5 movies of 2013, followed by The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and Favourite Video Game Protagonists Episode 008
In this episode, Mark and Sam take a look at the first Harry Potter movie, choose their top 5 video game protagonists, and discuss what else they watched, played and read this week.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Harry Potter versus Star Wars Episode 007
In this show, Max and Sam discuss what they liked and disliked about the latest Harry Potter movie, and then decided which franchise was best: Harry Potter or Star Wars
Episode 002 House of Flying Daggers, Top 5 Graphic Novels
In this episode, Sam and Mark review the arty martial arts movie House of Flying Daggers, pick the top 5 graphic novels, and discuss games such as Fear, Just Cause 2, and some old TV shows, including Married With Children … Continue reading
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