Top Ten Lists: The Best Haunted House Films Of All Time.
Why do we love horror films? Well, the motivation for people’s decisions to watch horror varies considerably. Some experts sayContinue Reading
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A Ghost Story (2017): An amazing conceptual meditation.
There is so much I’d like to tell you (the reader) about David Lowery’s A Ghost Story but I cannotContinue Reading
Short Circuit (1986): Number 5 is Alive!
Is it me or does Number 5 the robot in Short Circuit look like a taller version of WallE? No waitContinue Reading
Top Ten Lists: Best Final Lines in Movie History.
In over a hundred years of cinema, films have routinely tried to capture our imagination with a classic final line,Continue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Lauren Bacall’s Whistle Scene.
I’m not sure which film marked my introduction to Hollywood goddess Lauren Bacall, it’s been far too long to honestyContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Breakfast at Tiffany’s opening scene.
So much has been said about the opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (the beloved 1961 film adaptation of TrumanContinue Reading
Top Ten Lists: Best Moments in all of Star Wars.
Over the last forty years, the world has been mesmerised by Star Wars. It’s fair to say everything changed forContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Some Like It Hot’s perfect ending.
Over the years director Billy Wilder’s hilarious Some Like It Hot (1959) has been lauded as a triumph of cinema andContinue Reading
My 2021 Oscar Predictions.
In a year where covid-19 closed almost all movie theatres around the world and all the big studios stalled andContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Ben-Hur first meets Jesus.
There had been nothing like it before with its scale, sweeping scope and spectacle. It smashed box office records andContinue Reading
