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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El Bar (The Bar) | 2017 | What starts as a slapstick comedy ends as a tense survival thriller. An excellent thriller/comedy that makes you think about your own actions in those circumstances. | 8 |
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The Ghost Writer | 2010 | Awful accents from Ewan McGregor and Kim Catrall are only put to shade by Polanski's dreadful direction and the incredibly dull script. | 3 |
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Along Came a Spider | 2001 | A thrilling and satisfying follow up to Kiss the Girls, but falls foul of the ludicrous technology plots of the time. | 7 |
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Atomic Blonde | 2017 | Theron oozes mystery and the film is dripping with style, but the dull plot descends into prolonged and over choreographed fist and gun fights to fill the gaps. | 6 |
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Chuck | 2016 | An entertaining and endearing tale of the man who inspired Stallone's Rocky Balboa. Would have benefited from more detail. | 7 |
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Draft Day | 2014 | With all the big and brash production of a cable TV sports show, Draft Day transcends the dull nature of the sports business and creates an exciting piece of melodrama. | 8 |
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Clash | 2016 | An amazing insight into the Egyptian uprising in 2013 from the confines of the back of an 8m armoured truck. A fantastic achievement and a thrilling glimpse of the struggles going on elsewhere in the world. | 9 |
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Gone Baby Gone | 2007 | Some early indications of Affleck's directing flair, but the screenplay is lacking despite its excellent portrayal of the central moral dilemmas. | 7 |
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Beatriz at Dinner | 2017 | As much as Salma Hayek and John Lithgow are wonderful in their respective selfless and selfish roles, the film is too obvious in its liberal agenda, leaving the viewer despising one and disinterested in the other. | 5 |
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6 Days | 2017 | This dramatised telling of the 1980 Iranian embassy siege carries some real tension, but is ruined by its overplayed pathos and a dreadful performance from Abbie Cornish. | 6 |
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Wakefield | 2016 | The tale of a man's breakdown, which causes him to secretly live in the attic, fails by not giving the watcher a reason to care for the main character until it is too late. Though this may be a deliberate parallel with Wakefield's own predicament. | 5 |
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The Mummy | 2017 | Another reboot that no-one asked for bombs by not understanding why the original worked. The film gets everything from the casting to the comedy wrong and spectacularly fails to justify its existence. | 2 |
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | 2014 | Despite its excellent style and minimalist nature, this Iranian vampire tale has too little substance to retain interest. | 5 |
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Run Lola Run | 1998 | Lola must run to get hold of a large amount of money in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend. Three different outcomes for the same scenario make this a quirky, unique and refreshing tale with an excellent soundtrack. | 8 |
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Force Majeure | 2014 | A skiing trip becomes unexpected marriage therapy after a cowardly reaction to an avalanche. Deliberately slow with gratuitous shots of the snowbound scenery, this certainly isn't for the action film fans! | 7 |
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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki | 2016 | The charming true story of a Finnish boxer who has his shot at the title, but sees his preparations disrupted by his falling in love. Gentle and infectious. | 7 |
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La Haine | 1995 | 24 hours in the French projects after a violent riot. 20 years old but feels as contemporary as ever. | 7 |
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Creep | 2014 | A creepy two man thriller that isn't easy to forget. I am not sure the improvised dialogue really works in the first half of the film, but some of the scenes in the second half more than make up for it. | 7 |
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The Handmaiden | 2016 | A stunningly shot thriller told in three acts where each appears completely linear until the next turns it on its head. Its explicit erotica means that it isn't a film for the easily offended. | 8 |
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The Hitman's Bodyguard | 2017 | Sammy J's swearing and Ry-Ren's wise cracks can't save a ludicrously average buddy romp. | 4 |
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Stormy Monday | 1988 | Much like the jazz at its heart, this trashy thriller takes itself far too seriously (including a completely gratuitous Sting double bass solo). But take it for what it is and you should find enough enjoyment within. | 6 |
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The One I Love | 2014 | A weekend away to rekindle a failing marriage becomes something a whole lot weirder in this excellent mind-bending drama. | 8 |
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Lost in Translation | 2003 | A gentle character study of two lost souls and their fleeting friendship in Japan. Charming and beautifully shot. | 8 |
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Bushwick | 2017 | Following an unexpected insurgency, two strangers make a perilous journey across Bushwick to safety. A surprisingly real and very timely thriller that succeeds despite its limitations. | 8 |
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The Intouchables | 2011 | Touching French tale of a quadriplegic and his very unlikely helper. One of the most uplifting films you will see. | 9 |