MovieMuse
Gordon ‘SirClive’ Sinclair is the founder of MovieMuse. A child of the 70s with his heart in the eighties, his dream is to one day wake up like Alex Drake and relive that glorious decade.
A long time classic video gamer, Gordon founded Replay Events, a company dedicated to showcasing the best retro consoles and computers of the last 40 years.
With his unhealthy love of Stallone movies and an obsessive need to watch every film ever nominated for a major award, he is aways ready with an (un?)educated opinion.
Away from MovieMuse Gordon is an avid follower of Liverpool and Huddersfield Town football clubs and lives in Halifax with his Star Wars loving fiancée Nancy.
Gordon is responsible for the MovieMuse website and co-edits the MovieMuse podcast.
Gordon's Favourite Things...
| Films | Games | TV | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Dictator | Bomb Jack (Arcade) | Life on Mars | Blackstar – David Bowie |
| Rocky | Red Dead Redemption (PS3) | Red Dwarf | 101 Damnations – Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine |
| The Empire Strikes Back | Final Fantasy VII (PS1) | The Likely Lads | Strangeways Here We Come – The Smiths |
| It’s a Wonderful Life | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) | Early Doors | The World is Yours – Ian Brown |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Kick Off II (Amiga) | ALF | Is This It? – The Strokes |
| Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure | Ratchet & Clank 2 (PS2) | ||
| The Life of Brian | Time Pilot (Arcade) | ||
| Reservoir Dogs | Outrun (Arcade) | ||
| Dog Day Afternoon | Deathchase 3D (ZX Spectrum) | ||
| The Muppets take Manhattan | R-Type (Arcade) |
Gordon’s Reviews
| Poster | Movie | Year | Comments | Rating |
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Star Wars: A New Hope | 1977 | Despite the tinkering of a deranged director, Star Wars is still the greatest adventure set to film. | 9 |
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Featuring the most exciting sci fi battle ever, Empire is the crowning glory of an amazing trilogy. | 9 |
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 1984 | Only a weak opening half hour stops Jedi hitting the heights of its predecessors, but once we leave Jabba's palace the film is a joy. | 8 |
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Collateral Beauty | 2016 | Far too twee and sickly sweet, but not enough to ruin the film. Though in its desire to clear up all loose ends it betrays its main theme of grief. | 6 |
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Silence | 2016 | Not the epic Scorsese was hoping for, but an extremely well told historical drama that leaves enough moral questions to reward your patience. | 7 |
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Bleed For This | 2016 | The boxing scenes suffer from comparison to Creed, but Teller is excellent in this amazing true life comeback tale. | 8 |
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A Man Called Ove | 2016 | Like a straight (but comedic) One Foot in the Grave where Margaret has died and Victor wants to join her, but the world conspires to stop him. Wonderful. | 8 |
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Land of Mine | 2015 | An amazing piece of cinema that tells a little known true story of how the Germans POWs were treated after their failed occupation of Norway. Stunningly filmed and beautifully acted. | 9 |
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Tanna | 2015 | Based on a true story and performed completely by actual Tanna tribespeople. But strip away the experimental nature of the film and you are left with an engaging but slight forbidden love story. | 6 |
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Lethal Weapon | 1987 | Apart from the pointless ending Lethal Weapon holds up extremely well and reminds us of how good Mel Gibson's psycho persona really is. | 7 |
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20th Century Women | 2016 | Whether it is its arty-farty attempts to cover a multitude of 'issues' or the slightly dull characters, the film is a disappointing exploration of feminism and its impacts on a 1970s family. | 4 |
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The Red Turtle | 2016 | A beautiful and mesmerising dialogue-less tale. Wonderfully written, scored and directed. My only detractor was that there were situations where words would/should have been spoken, but the device wouldn't allow. | 8 |
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Slap Shot | 1977 | Not enough comedy to be a comedy or enough drama to be a drama. | 4 |
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World War Z | 2013 | Interesting and exciting, but a little too repetitive and convenient. | 6 |
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | 2016 | Whilst it is easy to commend Michael Bay for restraint, this is more a consideration of his past excesses than this films quality. Films of this type live and die on its leads characters and unfortunately I had little interest for these guns for hire. | 6 |
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The Young Offenders | 2016 | This film has everything we love about Irish comedy. Great characters, hilarious situations and a killer soundtrack. Funniest film of 2016 and now has a TV series spin off. | 8 |
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Live By Night | 2016 | A mobster film with little in the way of action won't float many boats, but the drama is extremely well told and beautifully shot.. Another feather in Affleck's burgeoning director's cap. | 8 |
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Counter Clockwise | 2016 | Had it been a film school project it would struggle to get a passing grade. The writer, director and cast all think they are much better than they really are. | 3 |
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Lethal Weapon 2 | 1989 | A very dumb sequel, but also very entertaining. It Improves on the original, despite Patsy Kensit and introduces the South African movie villain with style. | 7 |
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Fare | 2016 | An odd film that is shot entirely in and around the confines of an Uber. Part psychological relationship drama and part thriller, it all goes a bit unexpected and unexplainable towards the end. | 7 |
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Lethal Weapon 3 | 1992 | The action and the comedy are turned up a notch, while Gibson's performance is toned down. All adds up to a great 90s buddy cop flick. | 7 |
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The Chain | 1984 | The kind of film only the early 80s could conjure. Philosophy and the housing market that doesn't quite stand the test of time. | 5 |
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Adult Life Skills | 2016 | An American styled indie film told in a very British way. Funny and entertaining, if a little trite. | 7 |
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Kes | 1969 | A poor working class boy escapes the misery in his life when he starts to train a Kestrel. Almost 50 years old and still an almost perfect film. Ken Loach is still going strong, but Kes will be hard to beat as his best and most loved picture. | 10 |
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Free Fire | 2016 | As chaotic as it is magnificent, Free Fire is a typical Ben Whreatley dark comedy masquerading as a big budget gangster film. More fun than people getting shot in the legs really should be. | 8 |