Jurassic Park: a retrospective
Reading time: 5 minutes With the recent release of 9-minute short, Battle at Big Rock and the news that the main trio (Sam Neill, …
The Third Man 70th anniversary review
Reading time: 3 minutes Each era of British cinema has a film that resonates – one you can pitch as the greatest example of the …
Revisiting: The League of Gentlemen
Reading time: 3 minutes “We didn’t burn him!” Now twenty years old, The League of Gentlemen (available on Netflix and BBC iPlayer), is undoubtedly …
Saving Private Ryan – 3D!
Reading time: 2 minutes My relationship with Saving Private Ryan is now twenty-two years old and while I still love it, it’s only human …
Bingewatching the Alien franchise
Reading time: 6 minutes *Minor spoilers* In honour of Alien’s 40th anniversary, I decided to watch the entire franchise in one long marathon, in …
Requiem for a Dream: nineteen years later
Reading time: 1 minute First of all, there are a lot of films that I love. The kind of films I could talk about …
2018 in film and a look ahead to 2019
Reading time: 5 minutes Film stars and icons are household names the world over – I’d find it very difficult to believe that even Amish …
Retro review: Visions of Sugar Plums
Reading time: 3 minutes Christmas season may be over, but it’s still haunting my dreams. Not typically the season you associate with frights …