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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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 2016 | A weak first hour, but it all comes together in the second. The plot is far too X-Men for my liking. | 7 |
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Frank and Lola | 2016 | Well acted and presented relationship drama, but also pretty eventless. | 7 |
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Friday 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | 1989 | Not scary, thrilling, funny, entertaining fun. But more importantly it isn't even in Manhattan! | 3 |
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Green Room | 2016 | A crocodile of a movie. Long periods of calm punctuated with violent bursts of energy. Beautifully shot and sickeningly gruesome. | 8 |
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Grimsby | 2016 | A pathetically weak script and cringeworthy 'big' jokes are made almost watchable by high production values and exciting action sequences. | 4 |
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Grudge match | funny, well acted and has some great nods to classic boxing films. The meat locker seen is genius. It is a shame that reviewers fixated on comparing the film to Rocky and Raging Bull rather than enjoying the film for what it is. | 8 | |
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Hail, Caesar! | 2016 | The Coen's love letter to Hollywood. A caricature of classic cinema done in a respectful way. | 9 |
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Hard Tide | 2015 | The low budget and poor acting don't ruin a nice British thriller with a great soundtrack. | 6 |
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Hardcore Henry | 2016 | Click to see our detailed review. | 3 |
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The Hateful Eight | 2015 | Click to see our detailed review. | 7 |
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Hell or High Water | 2016 | A modern day western that is slower than a summer Sunday in Texas. In a good way. | 8 |
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Hello My Name is Doris | 2015 | Pleasant and harmless tale of old lost soul falling for young free spirit. | 6 |
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High Fidelity | 2000 | A standard rom-com that is desperate to be seen as more. Fun and has a few stand out laughs, but just not enough. | 6 |
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High-Rise | 2016 | Style over sense that suggests that Ballard's book should be left alone by the movie industry. | 5 |
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Hollywoodland | 2006 | Very interesting melodrama about the death of George Reeves. Presents 3 possible conclusions and lets you make up your own mind. | 7 |
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Homefront | 2013 | Stallone wrote the screenplay but I am glad he handed the role to Statham as it suits him perfectly. | 7 |
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | Sam Neill’s best performance since Jurassic park and full of the kind of wacky humour that only the Ozzies and the Nozzies can make. | 9 |
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Hush | 2016 | A good premise that fails to live up to its promise, but remains entertaining throughout. | 6 |
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I am Not a Serial Killer | 2016 | Its low budget, slow pacing and supernatural twist detract from a great performance by Christopher Lloyd. | 5 |
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I, Robot | 2004 | A bit too 'set-piecey' in places, but Smith is great in a slightly more serious role but the Audi product placement gets a bit incredulous. | 7 |
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I, Daniel Blake | 2016 | Will make you laugh, cry and rage about the hypocrisy and bureaucracy of the welfare state as a man who is too unwell to work finds he is not entitled to incapacity benefits and a young mother struggles to provide for her kids. | 9 |
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If Cats Disappeared from the World | 2016 | Beautifully shot and expertly told tale of love, loss, life and death. | 8 |
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Imperium | 2016 | A decent enough telling of a true tale, though Radcliffe's transformation from weedy geek to white supremacist is all a little too easy. | 6 |
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In a Valley of Violence | 2016 | Part ‘First Blood in the wild west’ and part animal talent show. Almost pulls it off. | 6 |
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Independence Day Resurgence | 2016 | Inane script, awful acting, bad modelling, terrible score. And those are its good oints. Almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever. A lesson in how to kill a franchise. | 3 |