It’s fair to say you know exactly what ingredients you’ll be sampling whilst watching a film by Quentin Tarantino, and his nostalgic tribute to 1960’s Tinseltown whisks them together into a delicious treat. Lights, Camera, Soundtrack, Action! Continue reading “Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood (2019)”
The one and only Steven Spielberg returns to the popcorn blockbuster arena he predominantly parented with the optimism of a child who hasn’t forgotten what it’s like to be sat in the audience. Continue reading “Ready Player One (2018)”
The iconic Carry On films are a British institution, solely responsible for the continuation of ITV3. Rather like the saying that ‘Londoners are never more than six feet from a rat’, it sometimes feels like no TV viewer is more than a couple of channel flicks away from a Carry On. Continue reading “Focus on: The Carry On films”
This is the true story about one of the strangest things that has ever personally happened to me. The odds of this incident must be 10 billion to 1. Continue reading “Peter Cushing, and the Calendar Girls”
Based on the critically acclaimed stage play by Neil Simon, The Odd Couple is a masterwork look at how two newly single bachelors cope with love, loss, friendship, responsibility, and each other’s annoyances. In terms of their comic timing and on-screen chemistry, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau aren’t the odd couple; they’re the perfect couple. Continue reading “The Odd Couple (1968)”
Christopher Nolan has several generally considered masterpieces under his auteur’s belt with Inception, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, and Memento, but his latest tour de force, Dunkirk, the cinematic version of the British stiff upper lip, could be his Magnum Opus. Continue reading “Dunkirk (2017)”
Edgar Wright returns to the director’s chair after his beloved Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy with a toe-tapping, armrest clutching, car chase caper with plenty of va va voom. Continue reading “Baby Driver (2017)”
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