Classics… Movie #27 2021: A Little Princess (1995) 2 Feb 202126 Jan 2021 Okay, okay. I’m cheating a little bit with this one. This entire blog is supposed to be filled with reviews of films I’ve never seen before... I’ve actually seen A…
Classics… Movie #22 2021: The 39 Steps (1935) 28 Jan 202121 Jan 2021 As you may know by now, I’m quite a fan of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, despite being abhorred by his morals. Saying that, I’ve seen relatively few of his films, so…
Action… Movie #9 2021: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 15 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 Nope, I've never seen a single Indiana Jones movie before in my life. Don't be surprised though - I'd never seen a single Star Wars movie before 2016 either. (Don't…
Classics… Movie #367 2020: The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) 31 Dec 202030 Dec 2020 As we come to the end of the dreaded and not-so-fondly remembered 2020, it's really nice to see a movie that is just nice. It's polite. It's funny. And it…
christmas… Movie #359 2020: Scrooged (1988) 24 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Here it is: the night before the big day. Well, in the UK it's actually a small day this year, due to the government telling us we could have 5…
Classics… Movie #354 2020: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 19 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 We've had an awful lot of reviews here for modern-day cinema lately, haven't we? So why not wind it all the way back to 1964 and take a look at…
Classics… Movie #353 2020: Groundhog Day (1993) 18 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 It's release? 1993. But Groundhog Day is a movie that many already consider a 'classic'. Of course, everyone knows the basic premise of this movie due to its title, but…
Classics… Movie #327 2020: The Maltese Falcon (1941) 24 Nov 202023 Nov 2020 Some classics are classics for good reason. Rear Window is one of my favourite new watches this year (which I'm sure you'll know, because I'm always barking on about it),…
Cerebral… Movie #323 2020: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 22 Nov 202022 Nov 2020 Ugh, look at the depth in the above shot. It's just gorgeous. And I bet you can tell already where this review is going to go. Dog Day Afternoon is…
Classics… Movie #322 2020: Rope (1948) 22 Nov 202020 Nov 2020 Now we're out of our delayed Halloween phase, let's look at a couple of run-of-the-mill movies before the debut of the festive season, shall we? Back to Hitchcock we go,…
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