March 20, 2017• Books, Films
I first heard about Percy Fawcett back in the late eighties when a friend told me about him. We’d both read Redmond O’Hanlon’s Into...
January 7, 2017• Films, Misc
The comic, 2000AD, was launched in 1977 when I was 7 years old. While I read a fair few comics when I was young, I can’t say that I...
April 9, 2016• Films
I didn’t think about it until during the film, but could there be any more appropriate location to watch High Rise than the Curzon...
March 7, 2016• Films
A new Coen brothers film is always a cause for celebration. That’s particularly the case when they adopt more of a screwball tone to...
February 21, 2016• Films
I’m fascinated about the period of the Hollywood Blacklist – that post-war period, as the Cold War was getting under-way, when...
February 19, 2016• Films
Spotlight tells they story of the Boston Globe investigate journalism unit – called “Spotlight” – who investigated...
January 25, 2016• Films
This film is now out on DVD and download, but I actually saw it in the cinema and then failed to publish my review! I’d been meaning...
January 13, 2016• Films
Like many others, I have something of a love/hate relationship with Quentin Tarantino. Actually it’s more a love/whatever...
October 19, 2015• Cycling, Films
Right at the beginning of The Program, the BBFC certificate popped up. The film is rated 15 for “strong language, use of...
October 16, 2015• Films
There seems to be a spate of pretty decent films coming all of a sudden at the moment, so after a bit of a barren period when endless...
