I’m always a sucker for a good story, and you have to admit that – at their hearts – some of the fairy tales are corkers.  Sleeping Beauty is a case in point. Tension, narrative drive, good vs evil and – thanks to writers Jack Lawrence and Sammy Fain – a gloriously memorable Disney song … Read more
“They say we’re young and we don’t know. Won’t find out unit-ii-l we grow.”  This line of Sonny and Cher immediately takes me back to Bill Murray waking up over and over again in the classic “Groundhog Day”. Similarly the words “On your feet, maggot!” gouge themselves into your brain in Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster … Read more
A terrifying creature is approaching the coast and Brody – half crazed with fear and loss – is trying to convince sceptical authorities of the impending disaster without success.  And what a great 5-Fad film Jaws was!  Godzilla on the other hand… It’s not as if the film is absolutely terrible. As an example of … Read more
OK, OK…. so if I’m not exactly the last person (who wanted) to see this at the cinema to actually go and see it then I must be NEARLY the last one. So in that case, treat this as an early DVD release review! I won’t start this review by harping on again about the … Read more
(All work and no play makes the Fad a very poor film reviewer! My apologies to my regular blog followers for the lack of recent posts). The Two Faces of January is a gripping and highly watchable film which I would highly recommend. Set in the sixties, it is undeniably “old school” – a twisted … Read more