“Hmm… must have splattered a lot”. Maddy at Maddy Loves Her Classic Films is hosting The Alfred Hitchcockblogathon. A fine idea, celebrating the life and works of the “Master of Suspense”. My contribution comes from his 1954 masterpiece “Rear Window” starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.  In one pan around his small apartment, and without a word of … Read more
Down Down, Deeper and Down. It’s summer again; Â it’s a shark movie. Â Lisa and Kate are two sisters on holiday in Mexico with one grieving a lost relationship and the other looking for fun. Â Against their better judgement they go shark cage diving 5 metres below a vessel that looks like it should have been … Read more
Just what the doctor ordered: a charming and thoughtful summer comedy. Romance and comedy work together beautifully on film: love is innately ridiculous after all! But mix in a dramatic element – particularly a serious medical emergency – to a Rom Com and you walk a dangerous line between on the one hand letting the … Read more
A war vehicle running low on fuel. The words “Christopher Nolan” and “disappointment” are not words I would naturally associate… but for me, they apply where “Dunkirk” is concerned. It promised so much from the trailer: a historical event of epic proportions; Kenneth Branagh; Tom Hardy; Mark Rylance; Hans Zimmer on the keys; the director … Read more
When I heard the news last year that Spider-Man was going to be rebooted yet again, I was like “are you freaking serious”? Â After the successful Toby Maguire trilogy (though the less said about “Spider-Man 3” the better) and the mildly successful “Amazing Spider-Man” duo with Andrew Garfield only finishing in 2014, did we REALLY … Read more