Looper - Movie Review
I absolutely love the cinema. For me, the cinema is a big BIG treat and one I love to indulge in as often as I possibly can. But you've got to budget these things and sometimes other commitments get in...
View ArticleMeme Thingy: What's Your Current Desktop Image?
rhoda_rants decided to do this new meme so I guess I ought to follow it. If you are interested in sharing your current desktop image, the rules are pretty simple:1.) Anyone who looks at this entry has...
View ArticleThe Grey - Movie Review
The Grey (2011)“Where is it I've read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he'd only room to...
View ArticleThe Halloween Horror Movie Marathon Has Begun!
I've now got into a regular pattern of posting reviews for horror films on Halloween Candy (candycorncomm) long before I repost them here. rhoda_rants has just recently announced the Halloween horror...
View ArticleHitchcock Reverse Retrospective - Part Two - Marnie + The Birds + Psycho +...
The great Alfred Hitchcock Reverse Retrospective series continues! In the last installment I reviewed Hitchcock's final four films and was most impressed by "Topaz".Now, continuing to work back in time...
View ArticleDirector Spotlight - Neil Marshall - Part One
Having now completed the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise, I intend to continue with the horror franchise marathons selected in the poll a while back. Next up, having placed joint second: "Child's...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: 21 Jump Street, The Muppets, A Separation, Even The Rain and...
21 Jump Street (2012)When I saw the trailer for this, I was repulsed. When I heard reviews saying it was pretty good, my reaction was "whatever". But when I discovered that the makers of "Cloudy With A...
View ArticleSong Recommendation (From "Detention" Soudtrack)! + Awesome Movie Poster for...
Today I present a song from the horror comedy "Detention" which I absolutely loved (recently reviewed at Halloween Candy for the Halloween Horror Movie Marathon (which people should feel free to join...
View ArticleDirector Spotlight - Neil Marshall - Part Two
Director Spotlight - Neil MarshallPart TwoDoomsday (2008)I’d always been intrigued by the DVD box for Doomsday, but was concerned that I never heard about its cinema run and discovered that it had...
View ArticleMovie Reviews!: The Artist, Margaret and The Scouting Book For Boys
The Artist (2011)This was the Oscar winner in a year where pretty much all the nominations for Best Picture flummoxed me. There were plenty of films I had enjoyed over the year and none of them were up...
View ArticleHitchcock Reverse Retrospective - Part 3
Part one herePart two hereContinuing to watch Hitchcock's movies in reverse order of release, I watched: "Vertigo" (1958), "The Wrong Man" (1956), "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956) and "The Trouble...
View ArticleThe Name's Bond.... James Bond. - "Skyfall" Review
As I was growing up James Bond movies would be played on TV fairly often; not least because ITV owned the rights to the entire series and running the occasional Bond marathon was a great way to get...
View ArticlePolitical Message from Bob The Angry Flower
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View ArticleHorror Marathon Recap 1 - The Worst Horror Movies Of The Marathon
So, the horror marathon on Halloween Candy is finally over, so that's thirty-one horror movie reviews to cross-post. To make this a little more interesting, I've decided to repost the movies in order...
View ArticleSci-Fi Reviews! "The Man With The X-Ray Eyes", "Mad Max 2", "Iron Sky" and...
Okay, so these were films I meant to review a while back, but with the horror movie marathon there just wasn't the opportunity.X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)A scientist is hoping for a...
View ArticleHorror Marathon Recap 2 - Some Pretty Bad Movies Of The Marathon
Once again, working from bad to less bad, counting down towards the number 1 spot.24. Manhunt (2008)Plot Synopsis: A group of friends on holiday end up getting kidnapped and dumped in the middle of the...
View ArticleHorror Marathon Recap 3 - Some Alright Movies Of The Marathon (+ a TV Series)
As I work my way through the movies I reviewed in the Halloween Candy horror movie marathon counting down to my favourite films of the marathon, we finally have some reasonably good films. Starting...
View ArticleNew Battlestar Galactica Series Premieres Online...
A little over two years ago, I announced how pleased I was that the tv execs had finally come to their senses and decided to make a BSG spin-off series that people might actually want to watch.You see,...
View ArticleHorror Marathon Recap 4 - Some Pretty Good Movies Of The Marathon
In this penultimate recap, I pick out the movies I thought were pretty good but didn't get the (clearly highly coveted) A grade. (As before, I rate the films more highly the further you go through the...
View ArticleBest Thing To Come Out Of The Election = "Butterscotch Lady"
Okay, so I'm not exactly blown away by Obama. He's still pretty right wing, but that's typical US politics. The idea of accusing him of being a 'socialist' just because he wanted to offer the poor a...
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