Category Archives: Movies
The Top Ten Most Influential Films of the Last 10 Years
Mr Phin pointed me in the direction of this list of the ‘10 Most Influential Films in the Last 10 Years‘, and I couldn’t help but spend all morning compiling my own count down. Although I see where the writer … Continue reading
Frost/Nixon
In principle, a 2 and a half hour film about an interview between a disgraced ex-president of the USA and the presenter of Through The Keyhole, shouldn’t be that interesting. However Frost/Nixon is one of the most entertaining and informative films I … Continue reading
The Wrestler
It’s easy to get side-tracked by all the parallels between the real-life Mickey Rourke and the character of Randy The Ram who he plays in this fim, however without his central performance, The Wrestler could have been as hollow and … Continue reading
Snikity snikt!
All I can say is WOW! They seem to have done a perfect job of combining the excellent Origins mini series with the classic Claremont X-Men stories (while all along keeping the slick visuals and ‘reallistic’ costumes of the first … Continue reading
Like Eddie Falson at the end of ‘Color of Money’, I’m baaaack!!
You may have noticed things have been a tad quiet on the blog front in recent weeks (apart from the odd movie and rugby review) and that’s because the months of October and November seem to have been swallowed up … Continue reading
Quantum of Solace
To complain about what this film doesn’t have, is to kind of miss the point of Quantum of Solace. In order to re-invent Bond for a post-Bourne, post-Brosnan, post-9/11 world, then some thing had to go, and unfortunately that meant … Continue reading
RIP Paul Newman
A sad day today as news came out that Paul Newman has died of cancer aged 83. I’ve always been a massive fan of Newman, whether it was his fantastic performance in Butch Cassidy, the iconic poster of Cool Hand … Continue reading
Popcorn no more
Hurrah, it looks like Picturehouse cinemas have my cinema rage rant seriously and have seen fit to ban popcorn from their cinemas for the month of September. This is fantastic news for those folk like me who enjoy seeing a … Continue reading
Wall•E
When it comes to creating iconic characters, then Pixar are probably the best in the business. From the minute you start watching a Pixar movie and see Luxor the lamp hop across the screen, you can’t help but smile and … Continue reading
W
A fantastic looking trailer for the new Oliver Stone film that focuses on the early years of a certain cretinous president of the USA. Looks like a cracking watch with an incredible looking cast!!
