An endearingly ridiculous festive treat from Scandinavia that’s certainly more Brothers Grimm than Miracle on 34th Street. It’s a refreshingly unsentimental movie that mercifully lets you keep your Christmas dinner down.
Movies
This is England
After a few tentative hits Shane Meadows reached his peak with this tender yet harrowing movie about skinheads in 1980s England. Quite possibly the best British film of the Noughties. Sorry, I’ve probably made Harry Potter cry now. Shut up and cut your hair, you’re not a Beatle.
Red
Red does all the things an action movie should do, and it proves you don’t need hot young stars to blow things up.
The American
All the pieces are here to make a good movie, but The American lacks any real entertainment value.
Machete
Danny Trejo finally has a starring vehicle, and its a beautiful mess of blood, action, hot girls, and fun that never slows down long enough to lose its way.
The Last Exorcism
Not necessarily SCARY horror, The Last Exorcism is more subtle and character-driven than you might think, which is a good thing, but it loses its way and squanders its potential.