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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Lethal Weapon 4 | 1998 | Rounding the series off in style, though the addition of a rather superfluous Chris Rock and the underuse of Joe Pesci is a shame. | 7 |
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape | 1993 | DiCaprio is superb and the rest of the cast are all very good, but the film has an air of liberal superiority throughout that gets a little too much. The end of the film is also pretty odd and definitely illegal! | 6 |
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 2004 | A great cast and a wonderfully 'Kaufman' script, but the visual appeal is lacking and the scenes with young Jim Carey are excruciating. | 6 |
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Poor Cow | 1967 | Told in a documentary style, Ken Loach's debut film tells the story of a poor single mum in 60s London. Less moralistic than his later outings, but just as clear a social commentary as everything else that followed. | 7 |
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Gold | 2016 | A fun modern day (well, 1980s) gold rush adventure that is far too pleased with itself for making Matthew McConaughey so fat and bald that it has to ram it down your throat in every scene. | 5 |
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The Village | 2004 | Another fine M. Night Shyamalam showpiece, though the acting was a little under par. I'd love to see a darker version by the director of The Witch. | 7 |
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A Street Cat Named Bob | 2016 | A bland yet entertaining and mildly uplifting tale that lets itself down by glossing over the difficulties of heroin addiction and homelessness. | 5 |
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It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway | 2017 | Alan Thicke plays the self help guru very well and the film has a very interesting premise of selfishness as a deliberate way of life, but it fails to develop the idea beyond a simple farce. | 4 |
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Breaking Bad: The Movie (Fan Edit) | 2017 | Click to see our Fan Edit review. | 6 |
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East of Ipswich | 1984 | Apparently based on writer Michael Palin's own memories of meeting his future wife on a boring seaside holiday with his parents in the 50s, this TV drama is so sedate it is almost a painting rather than a film. Amusing, but slightly dull. | 5 |
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Kong: Skull Island | 2017 | Loses its way in the second half when it focusses on the other animal habitants of the island, but when Kong is on screen the film is a satisfactory action adventure. | 6 |
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Get Out | 2017 | The racial element feels like a gimmick and the acting is a bit hammy. Despite the critics fawning all over this supposed horror film, it turns out t be no more than an enjoyable thriller. | 6 |
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I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore | 2017 | Starts off as a quirky tale about burglary and disillusionment, but laters morphs into a bloody shoot-out farce. Another indie hit for Elijah Wood | 6 |
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The Love Witch | 2016 | Don't be fooled by the aesthetic, this isn't a horror version of Bewitched. It is an awful film that disguises its poor script and worse acting by looking like it is bad on purpose. | 3 |
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Space Jam | 1996 | The film seems to have got a bit of bad press in recent times, but it is still genuinely funny and the animation holds up extremely well. Still my favourite duvet-day movie. | 8 |
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The Fits | 2015 | An extremely well directed and shot minimalist tale where a young tomboy's turn towards girlhood coincides with a bout of unexplained fits befalling a dance troup. | 7 |
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Synecdoche, New York | 2008 | Very well acted by Philip Seymour Hoffman as the boundaries of time, size and personality are subverted in another fine Kaufman screenplay. Won't be to everyone's taste, but fans of his previous work should be satisfied. | 7 |
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The Ref | 1994 | At its best when Spacey and Davis are at each other's throats. A straight forward farce with a few laughs, though Leary isn't very appealing. | 6 |
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Bokeh | 2017 | A relatable and semi believable study of how a couple would react if they woke up one morning and were suddenly the only people on the planet. Beautifully shot on location in Iceland. | 8 |
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We Don't Belong Here | 2017 | A well meaning portrayal of mental illness in a middle class American family, but too much melodrama and an awfully convenient end clouds the real pain. | 5 |
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Prevenge | 2017 | A superbly macabre and darkly funny film using a topic that is usually taboo. A brilliant debut directorial feature from Alice Lowe. | 8 |
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | The plot is a complete cheese-fest but there is enough choreographed car dancing to see you though. | 6 |
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Monster Trucks | 2016 | With no humour, pathos or excitement, there is little to enjoy in a movie that sounds so much better on paper. | 4 |
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Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | An almost perfect comedy. Packed to the brim with jokes that you won't tire of and a hugely clever satirical script. | 10 |
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | With a less controversial subject matter Grail will never hit the heights of Brian, but it is another example of how unique the Python boys were/are. | 8 |