Two of Britain’s most beloved actors, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, face-off in this classic Hammer horror. The story of Dracula is a universally frightening one. Cultures as far back as the ancient Romans and Mesopotamians, and as far across the world as Asia and across the Pacific to the Americas, all have vampiric legends … Continue reading The Horror that blew-up Hammer: ‘Dracula’
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A House Haunted: ‘Poltergeist’
Don’t get too close to the television for this Spielberg-produced ghostly adventure that will most likely leave you in wonder, rather than terror. The 1982 film Poltergeist is a unique blend of horror cinema and big-screen blockbuster. It managed to retain the spookiness of a ghost story, whilst adding the sense of wonder that accompanies … Continue reading A House Haunted: ‘Poltergeist’
Sleep Tight: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
This 1984 horror flick will leave you unable to sleep at night, but for all the best reasons. This is one of the most iconic horror films ever created. In 1984, filmmaker Wes Craven released a piece of cinema that would ensure generations of moviegoers would never sleep easy again. The fear was of Freddy … Continue reading Sleep Tight: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
The Best Sequel Yet? 2018’s ‘Halloween’
Green’s 2018 effort Halloween is good for a cold night in, but lacks the spooks of the 1978 classic. Michael Myers and Laurie Strode return to face off forty years after the fateful night of October 31st, 1978. The result is one of the better Halloween sequels to grace the screen. Starting with the original … Continue reading The Best Sequel Yet? 2018’s ‘Halloween’
A Crime Revisited: ITV’s ‘Des’
Recent years have seen an explosion in popularity for true crime stories and dramas, with programmes such as Line of Duty and Making a Murderer dominating our televisions and our streaming services, and ITV have not been slow accommodate the gritty and macabre. David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen, infamous British murderer Mostly recently, of course, … Continue reading A Crime Revisited: ITV’s ‘Des’
“He who talks loud, saying nothing”: Dead Man, the monochrome western of ‘95.
The rolling, monochrome landscapes. The often quirky bit-characters that fill the screen. The Indian who can recite William Blake poetry by heart? Yeah, probably not your average western. Dead Man is a 1995 western by Jim Jarmusch, featuring Johnny Depp as William Blake (no, not the William Blake), that stands as a bit of a … Continue reading “He who talks loud, saying nothing”: Dead Man, the monochrome western of ‘95.
‘This is the land of wolves’: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Sicario’
2015 was, in my opinion, a great year for movies. Some films provided sheer, blistering entertainment such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World. Some films created a story that I became deeply invested in, for example The Revenant and Creed. The Hateful Eight was a tour-de-force in the art of dialogue, Spectre … Continue reading ‘This is the land of wolves’: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Sicario’
‘However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.’: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
On March 31st of 1964, Stanley Kubrick, fresh from the success of his dark comedy Dr Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (1964), composed a letter to renowned astronomer and science fiction novelist Arthur C. Clarke, which contained a proposal for a joint effort in writing a screenplay that … Continue reading ‘However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.’: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
‘Black, white, rich, poor. It’s for everybody.’: Free State of Jones
Films based on true historical events have existed since the dawn of cinema and every year, more and more are pushed out in a hope of recreating the past. Ultimately, that is their goal. However, some over-romanticize (Titanic), some over-fantasize (300) and others just underwhelm massively (Pearl Harbour). But amongst the debris, there is a … Continue reading ‘Black, white, rich, poor. It’s for everybody.’: Free State of Jones
An offer you can’t refuse: ‘The Godfather’
It is a film that has passed into almost folkloric legend – not just in the western world, but throughout the entire world. You don’t even need to have watched the film to know where the line, ‘I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse…’ came from. At the 30th Golden Globes in 1973, … Continue reading An offer you can’t refuse: ‘The Godfather’
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