Richard Jenkins

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 19, 2003Witches vs the Devil/War of the Sexes Comedy
Deliriously frothy and enjoyable George Miller film with Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer as three witches who conjure forth Devil figure - Jack Nicholson in full barnstorming mode
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The Core (2003)

The Core (2003)
Rating: ★
Jun 9, 2003Journey to the Centre of the Earth
A CGI disaster film about a journey to the centre of the Earth to restart the magnetic core. This is a film construed as no more than a series of spectacular self-contained disaster set-pieces, often irrespective of any of them making sense
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Rating: ★★★½
May 13, 2012Meta-Fictional Horror Film
Joss Whedon scripted work that is less a horror film than a meta-horror film that is constantly deconstructing the genre and subverting its cliches. A rare genre entry less about visceral impact than it has brains to spare
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Turbo (2013)

Turbo (2013)
Rating: ★★
Jul 26, 2013Animation/Racing Snail
The 24th film from DreamWorks Animation – the studio that once offered a reasonable challenge to Disney is now starting to slip into the bland formula of competitors like Blue Sky. While passable, this feels like a film substantially lacking in originality and where you can predict its every move
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Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Rating: ★★★½
Dec 19, 2015Horror Western/Wilderness Cannibal Tribe
This is like a Western version of The Hills Have Eyes. Exceptionally written – slow, sombre and character-driven, containing one of Kurt Russell's best performances, before emerging into a brutal horror survival story
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The Shape of Water (2017)

The Shape of Water (2017)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 13, 2018Romance with an Amphibian Man
Guillermo Del Toro loves to make monster movies that have sympathy for the monster. This grew out of talks for a remake of The Creature from the Black Lagoon - here the implied romance between creature and heroine was brought out to centre stage. The results are quite magical
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 15, 2017Giant Ape
Not a sequel but a reboot where King Kong is now part of a shared universe. This means we get less a tragic love story about Kong falling for a girl and being brought down by civilisation than Kong has become a heroic defender fighting off other monsters
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Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
Rating: ★★★★★
Oct 15, 2022True-Life Serial Killer
Best TV of the year. A mini-series that offers an absolutely compulsive dive into the disturbing mind of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and an exactingly detailed charting of his crimes. Evan Peters shines in the title role
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