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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Le Mans '66 | 2019 | Billed as Ford vs Ferrari, this 'based on a' true story is more Ford vs Ford. Great performances and a beautiful 70s sheen make it a very easy watch (once you get over Bale's dodgy accent). | 8 |
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Frozen II | 2019 | The songs may not be as catchy and the story is a little convoluted, But Frozen 2 is another fine entry into Disney's girl power catalogue. | 7 |
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Angel Has Fallen | 2019 | Gerard Butler is a one man world saver (again). Certainly not the worst film in the series, but it has all been done better elsewhere and some of the tech is quite laughable. Hopefully all thefalling is now finished! | 6 |
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Hustlers | 2019 | The 'interview' segments in this Stipper's revenge drama really don't work and despite a couple of good performances, there is little of note in the script or in fact in the true story that it comes from. | 6 |
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The Grinch | 2018 | Despite some token hip-hop that feels out of place, this retelling of the Dr Seuss classic does easilly as good a job as the live action alternative. | 7 |
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John Wick : Chapter 3 - Parabellum | 2019 | Feeling a little too much like a greatest hits collection of fight sequences, Parabellum is a lot of fun, but aso slightly disappointing. | 6 |
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Ray & Liz | 2018 | A powerful yet depressing look at poverty within a failing family during during the height of Thatcher's Britain. | 7 |
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Olaf's Frozen Adventure | 2017 | Animated to the same standards of the theatrical film it followed and a worthwhile addition to the Frozen lore. | 7 |
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In Fabric | 2018 | A wonderfully odd tale of a demonic red dress that terrorises each new owner. A real gem for fans of quirky British cinema. | 8 |
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Abominable | 2019 | Despite an very odd looking Yeti character, Abominable is quite a nice and inoffensive tale with a conservationist slant. | 7 |
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Blinded by the Light | 2019 | A Pakistani Adrian Mole finds a way out of his humdrum existence through the music of Bruce Springsteen. An unlikely true story that goes nowhere, but entertains all the same. | 7 |
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Trolls | 2016 | Beautifully animated product placement for Justin Timberlake that is often fun but never that funny. | 6 |
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Berberian Sound Studio | 2012 | A British sound engineer travels to Rome to work on an Italian Horror film in this wonderfully indulgent audiophile extravaganza. | 7 |
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Die Hard 2 | 1990 | While it never reaches the balls-out heights of the original movie, Die Harder is more than just a cheap re-tread as Christmas killjoy terrorists this time take over an airport. | 7 |
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Katalin Varga | 2009 | A stunningly shot revenge drama is a feast for they eyes that despite its subject matter could be an advert for the Romanian countryside. | 7 |
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Jojo Rabbit | 2019 | Whilst not up with his best films (like Hunt for the Wilderpeople), this satire of a very touchy subject is touching and often funny. | 7 |
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix | 2019 | A film almost completely devoid of value, it is a pointless entry into the X-Men franchise and showcases the worst effects, acting and script that Marvel has produced in 20 years. | 4 |
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Mountain Picnic Blues: The Making of Tellin' Stories | 2013 | Far more than just the Charlatans seminal 5th album, the film charts the band from their formation right up to the albums release, just after the tragic death of keyboard player Rob Collins. | 8 |
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood | 2019 | It's a bit disingenuous to call it 'the Mr Rodgers film' when its focus is the jaded journalist who interviewed him. But the characters are interesting and uplifting feeling flows througout. | 7 |
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day | 1991 | It is not an overstatement to call T2 a genre defining film. Most of the effects still stand strong today and Arnie is at his robotic best in the time travel apocalypse that rewrote the action film. | 9 |
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Ad Astra | 2019 | A great performance from Brad Pitt as a washed up astronaut on a save-the-world mission to find his renegade space adventurer dad. Deeper and more satisfying than it sounds. | 8 |
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The Lighthouse | 2019 | Despite a typically great turn from Dafoe, The Lighthouse is a gratuitously gimmicky and over-stylised journey into the fragile human mind as Dafoe and Pattinson turn on each other in brutal style. | 6 |
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Knives Out | 2019 | A contemporary take on a classic murder mystery with a stellar cast. Daniel Craig could well have found a new franchise post Bond in Benoit Blanc, but this case is just a little too pedestrian. | 7 |
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | Even for a Fast & Furious film the plot is ridiculous, the action sequences overblown. and the comedy forced. It can still be fun, but gets tired far too quickly for a 2 hour+ film. | 5 |
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When Saturday Comes | 1996 | Whilst not quite a football fan's Rocky, WSC has more drama than the average football film. Sean Bean is likeable as the unlikely pub teamer looking to get his chance in the big leagues, but Emily Lloyd's accent isn't! | 7 |