Category Archives: The Grey Area

It didn’t ‘Wow’ me, but with a couple of decent moments and a fresh perspective there might be something there for you.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Review)

It’s a Bad City. A working class area. People walk in straight lines to their destination, rarely looking up and never taking time to smell the roses. At night others emerge to steal the night. Some would do favours. Some … Continue reading

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High Rise (Review)

How will polite society react when society is no longer polite? It takes a lot to convince a man who has spent hundreds of thousands of hard earned dollars that he has been ‘dudded’. For Brian surgeon Dr Robert Laing … Continue reading

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Spy Game (Review)

Spy Game is one of those films that leave you wondering if the FBI and CIA are a bunch of guys having all manner of fun dealing with life and death situations each day, instead of a bunch of suit … Continue reading

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The Seventh Sign (Review)

A river bleeds. The fish boil. A desert city freezes over. Small but undeniably weird things are happening the world over. Seemingly unrelated, but are they? Half a world away Russell (Michael Beihn) and Abby (Demi Moore) await the birth … Continue reading

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Trespass (Review)

Trespass is more evidence that director Walter Hill often had times when he opted to make ‘something’ rather than waiting for the ‘right thing’. A paint by numbers siege tale that finds two off duty firemen Vince (Bill Paxton) and … Continue reading

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Blair Witch 2016 (Review)

It must have been hard to justify a remake/reboot whatever of Blair Witch, the first 90s viral property that took a single idea and spun straw into box office gold. It must have been hard to find someone to rework … Continue reading

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Velvet Goldmine (Review)

At the dawning of a new decade (the 70s) and a new age in music Brian Slade is the Nu King, a flamboyant eccentric who dons non-gender specific attire and sings ultra sexual songs full of innuendo and accompanied by … Continue reading

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Narcopolis (Review)

In a beige and sterile looking future London, addiction to a new drug is rife. The only people who look happy with this drab existence are those on the ads that pop up in the background of last every scene … Continue reading

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Ride Along 2 (Review)

So a year or so ago I wrote this about the original Ride Along: “I was totally ready to dismiss Ride Along and move on with my life. Then a funny thing happened; not only did I not hate this … Continue reading

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Ouija 2 (Review)

Never saw the first film. Now here’s Ouija 2… When a family of sham psychics find that even their elaborate (and especially unlikely) shtick isn’t fleecing enough customers to keep the bank from threatening to take away their home, they … Continue reading

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