The Vault of Lies
Created | Updated Oct 3, 2013
No-one's asked for it, but here it is anyway - an archive of links to the widely-ignored h2g2 Post column 24LAS, which now also features the odd review that didn't make it into the Post proper for one reason or another.
Being an industrious fellow, I often cover more than one topic per column, but being technically incompetent I've not yet cracked the art of making the following links jump exactly to the bit you may be looking for. Thank heavens for the scroll feature, eh readers?
The reviews are broken down by genre (fairly arbitrarily, but hey, it's my archive and I'll do what I like with it). I did consider listing each film in every category it qualified for (eg, Men in Black 2 would show up under Comedy and Dumb Sci-Fi). But I couldn't be bothered. Volunteers for this fairly tedious job please apply below...
(And yes, films from the same franchise all go in the same section whether they strictly qualify or not. Hence The Matrix Revolutions's presence in the intelligent SF category...)
Feature Presentations
Comedy (Supposedly)
- Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa
- Ali G Indahouse
- Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Anger Management
- Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Bend It Like Beckham
- Blackball
- Bruce Almighty
- Carry On Up The Khyber
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- The Inbetweeners Movie
- The Invention of Lying
- Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
- Johnny English
- The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
- The Muppets
- Nacho Libre
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
- Shrek 2
- Starsky & Hutch
- To Rome With Love
- Withnail & I
- Zombieland
Creature Features
- Eight Legged Freaks
- Gamera: The Guardian Of The Universe
- Godzilla (1998)
- Godzilla Vs The Smog Monster
- Mothra Vs Godzilla
- Pacific Rim
Ev'rybody Was Kung Fu Fighting
- Bulletproof Monk
- Cradle 2 The Grave
- Fearless
- Forbidden Kingdom
- Hero
- Kill Bill: Volume One and Volume Two
- Kiss Of The Dragon
- The One
- The Raid
- Unleashed
- Zatoichi
Fantastical
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- The Adjustment Bureau
- Chronicle
- Conan the Barbarian (2011)
- The Dark Crystal
- Hancock
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Hellboy
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- A Matter Of Life And Death
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- The Scorpion King
- Spirited Away
- Underworld
- Van Helsing
- V for Vendetta
Frock Therapy
- Bright Young Things
- Dorian Gray
- The Four Feathers
- Gangs of New York
- Gosford Park
- The Great Gatsby
- Hidalgo
- The Importance Of Being Earnest
- The King's Speech
- Lincoln
- Marie Antoinette
- Nicholas Nickleby
- The Road to Perdition
- Seabiscuit
****ed If I Know
High-Class Drama (Incongruous, Wot?)
- 127 Hours
- About Elly...
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- The Color of Money
- The Constant Gardener
- Contagion
- The Departed
- Enigma
- Far From Heaven
- Flags of Our Fathers
- Grave of the Fireflies
- The Hustler
- The Ides of March
- Inside Man
- Iris
- The Iron Lady
- K-19: The Widowmaker
- A Late Quartet
- Life of Pi
- The Magdalene Sisters
- Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Morvern Callar
- Mystic River
- The Quiet American
- Rush
- Rust and Bone
- Shadow Dancer
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- The Wind That Shakes The Barley
- Young Adam - guest review by Swiv
- Zero Dark Thirty
I Blame Hugh Grant (Romantic Comedies)
- Intolerable Cruelty (co-written with Swiv)
- Love Actually - guest review by Swiv
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Populaire
- Punch Drunk Love
- Secretary
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Two Weeks Notice
- Wimbledon
Lo-Fi
Marvels of the Silver Screen...
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Avengers
- Blade 2
- Blade: Trinity
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Daredevil
- Fantastic Four
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
- Hulk
- The Incredible Hulk (aka Hulk 2)
- Iron Man 3
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Thor
- The Wolverine
- X2 (aka X-Men 2)
- X-Men: First Class
- X-Men: The Last Stand (aka X-Men 3)
...and their Distinguished Competition
- Batman Begins
- Catwoman
- The Dark Knight
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Green Lantern
- Man of Steel
- Superman Returns
- Watchmen
Mostly Cobblers
- The 51st State
- After Earth
- Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction
- Battleship
- Breaking Dawn - Part 2
- Darklands
- Eragon
- The Future
- Immortals
- Original Sin
- Queen of the Damned
- Resident Evil
- The Sin Eater (aka The Order)
- The Stepford Wives (2004)
- The Three Musketeers (2011)
- Timeline
- W.E.
Neither Fish nor Fowl (Comedy-Drama)
- About A Boy
- About Schmidt
- Argo
- The Artist
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
- Big Fish
- Blue Jasmine
- Calendar Girls (guest review)
- Catch Me If You Can
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- The Descendants
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Finding Nemo
- Good Vibrations
- The Guard
- Hitchcock
- Jersey Girl
- Kick-Ass 2
- A Knight's Tale
- Lost In Translation
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Ruby Sparks
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Seven Psychopaths
- Shaun of the Dead
- Sightseers
- Something's Gotta Give
- The Station Agent
- Submarine
- Super
- The Terminal
- This Must Be The Place
- The World's End
- You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
Non-Fictitious Times
- Blackfish
- Bowling for Columbine
- Fahrenheit 9/11
- The Imposter
- Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
- Lost in La Mancha
- Marley
- Mighty Uke
- Nostalgia for the Light
- Project Nim
- Searching for Sugar Man
- Senna
- Touching The Void
Once More, With Feeling (Musicals)
Punching, Shooting and Shouting
- Bad Boys 2
- Black Hawk Down
- Blitz
- Blue Crush
- The Bourne Identity
- The Bourne Legacy
- The Bourne Supremacy
- Bullet to the Head
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Collateral
- Colombiana
- Confidence
- Die Another Day
- Dredd
- The Expendables 2
- Fast and Furious 5
- Fast and Furious 6
- Firewall
- Gangster Squad
- Haywire
- Hummingbird
- Infernal Affairs
- The Italian Job (2003)
- Killer Elite
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
- The Last Stand
- Mission: Impossible 3
- Now You See Me
- Once Upon A Time In Mexico
- Parker
- Phone Booth
- Quantum of Solace
- Safe
- The Sentinel
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Sin City
- Skyfall
- Stormbreaker
- S.W.A.T
- Torque
- Trance
- The Transporter
- The Transporter 3
- Wanted
- The Warriors
- Welcome To The Jungle (aka The Rundown)
- White House Down
Skiffy (Dumb)
- AeonFlux
- Alien
- Aliens
- Apollo 18
- Attack the Block
- Battle: Los Angeles
- The Chronicles of Riddick
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Elysium
- Equilibrium
- Gamer
- In Time
- I, Robot
- The Island
- John Carter
- Men in Black 2
- Men in Black 3
- Oblivion
- Paycheck
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Real Steel
- Reign of Fire
- Riddick
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
- Storage 24
- Super 8
- Surrogates
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- The Thing (2011)
- Thunderbirds
- The Time Machine (2002)
- Total Recall
- War of the Worlds
Skiffy (Intelligent)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey - guest review by Spook
- Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)
- AI: Artificial Intelligence
- Another Earth
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- Children of Men
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
- The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
- District 9
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- The Hunger Games
- Looper
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
- Minority Report
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Prometheus
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Rollerball (1975)
- Solaris (2002)
- Source Code
- Vanilla Sky
Swords But No Sorcery
- The Eagle
- King Arthur
- The Last Samurai
- Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World
- Tristan + Isolde
- Troy
Things That Make You Go 'Gaah!'
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
- Deathwatch
- The Descent
- Dog Soldiers
- Frailty
- Freddy Vs Jason
- Fright Night (2011)
- From Hell
- Identity
- The Mothman Prophecies
- The Others
- Red Dragon
- Red Lights
- Signs
- Slither
- The Village
- The Wicker Man
- The Wicker Tree
- World War Z
They Certainly Don't Make As Many Westerns As They Used To...
Very Possibly The Worst Film Ever Made
Supporting Program
- The 10th Anniversary Retrospective
- The 2013 Best Picture Nominees Decoded
- Anthony Shaffer Remembered
- Awix vs Mark Kermode, Live at the Oxford Playhouse
- British Horror - the Small-screen Revival
- Charlton Heston
- Dear Quentin
- George Harrison 1943-2001
- The Harry Potter Contest and the winning entries.
- The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy On Film
- Hollywood after the End of Innocence
- James Coburn 1928-2002
- Jerry Goldsmith 1929-2004
- Katharine Hepburn 1907-2003
- The Lassie Awards 2001
- The Lassie Awards 2002
- The Lassie Awards 2003
- The Lassie Awards 2011
- The Lassie Awards (Sort Of) 2012
- The Lost Lost World
- Marlon Brando 1924-2004
- The Oscars, 2002
- The Oscars, 2003
- The Oscars, 2004
- Oscar Predictions 2004
- Oscar Predictions 2011
- Oscar Predictions 2012
- Samuel Z Arkoff Remembered
- Scary Monsters
- The Seven Commandments of Low-budget Cinema
- Twin Dragons: A Personal view of the Martial Arts Genre
- The Two Lives of the Incredible Hulk
- Why I Find Polls Taxing
- The Younger (Next) Generation