What's New Pussycat?
Incredibly uneven and unusually boring sixties relic
John Gibson
@johndouglasgibs
John is a movie and television lover who studied Buddhism and Community Education at Edinburgh University.
He has hosted his own podcast, written a movie blog and performed at the Fringe. He works in Adult Literacy.
85 articles
Model Shop
Unusual and evocative French auteur's take of sixties LA
Sorry We Missed You
A perfectly timed examination of precarious work
Robocop
Superior satire of privatisation of public services with a seminal score
The African Queen
Amazing visuals - and the chemistry still pops
The Day Shall Come
Disappointingly uneven and not funny enough
Count Arthur Strong: Is There Anybody Out There?
Slick and honed silliness from a character comic to treasure
An American Werewolf In London
Pioneering and powerful werewolf horror provokes chuckles and gasps
The Dogs of War
Great attention to detail undermined by uneven structure
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Examination of classic sci-fi over-stretches with #metoo revelation tacked onto conventional doc format