Bye-bye October. Hello November. October has gone by ridiculously quickly. Wasn’t it just September? Oh, wait, is that just senility creeping in early? I survived St Judes Storm! *sigh* The build up over this was hilarious. Bigger than the storm of 1987, they were saying! […]
Before heading off to Bahrain, it had been a very long time since I’d gone on a long haul flight. But I always have one rule when it comes to what to watch. Don’t watch anything that needs more than an ounce of attention and […]
An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling. The first day of the first month of 2013 and I’m getting started with my film challenge for the year – watch at least 100 new-to-me films within […]
Argo (07/11/12) A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. I tip my hat off to you, Ben Affleck. I more than tip my hat off to you. Never have I been so […]
Raising Arizona 04/07/12) When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family’s quintuplets, their lives get more complicated than they anticipated. Slowly, I’m catching up on some of the earlier Coen Brothers films. And you […]
Every year I set myself a target, usually of about 100, of films to watch. These are new films. Not new, new films. But films that are new to me. Any time I’ve seen a new one, I post a bit of a brain dump […]
The Artist (21/01/12) Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break. I think the world has used up […]