Sitting there, watching Ghostbusters for the umpteenth time, I had to remind myself that this film was 30 years old. Sure the CG is a dated and in parts frankly, looks terrible But who cares, when you’ve got the likes of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, […]
Sometimes you come across a film that is quite simple just what it is on the surface of it, and that’s perfectly okay. In fact, it’s all the better for it. Chef is one of those films. Chef tells the story of Carl Casper. Struggling […]
Many moons ago I decided to do a blog series for this year, watching and reviewing films that are also turning 30 years old today. Here’s a few words on the second film in this blog series – Broadway Danny Rose. Broadway Danny Rose is […]
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 […]
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Wow. What […]
Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids. It feels like it’s taken me forever to sit down to watch this film. Well, nearly three years according to the original release […]
The Gods Must Be Crazy (28/12/12) A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries. The Gods Must Be Crazy has a solid score of 7.1 on IMDB and 95% […]
Midnight in Paris (22/12/12) While on a trip to Paris with his fiancé’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight. Woody Allen films aren’t a group of films I have seen many of. In fact, I […]