My Movie Confessions

Great movie blogger Nostra over at My Film Views is hosting a new blogathon offering the opportunity for us to confess our movie sins. Nostra has a list of all the bloggers taking part, but in the meantime here are mine…

Home or Cinema? Where’s best?

I can’t count the number of movies I’ve been desperate to see but not gone to the cinema when they are released. I was overjoyed at the thought of a new Muppets movie but only saw it on a flight two months after it was released. I never made it to Contagion despite it being […]

The Joy of Trailers

Timekeeping isn’t my strong point. I’m either very early for appointments or more usually – very late. I was even hideously late for a job interview once; luckily the interview panel was full of lovely people who excused my red face, poured me some water….

Oscars 2012 – As It Happened

For many, sensible people in the UK it’s too much to stay up all Sunday night to watch the Oscars especially as the next few days news and papers will be full of the winners and the fashions. I’m not one of those sensible people…

New Year Resolutions

I’ve had a little bit of break from the website for a couple of weeks, I had lots of plans for articles to write and publish over Christmas and New Year but work, family visits and festivities all conspired to get in the way…

How TV Box-Sets Have Changed My Life

The development of technology has changed much about how we live our lives. Sometimes these are the big, useful changes like the use of computers in our working days, other changes are smaller and less enjoyable – the self-service checkout…

It shouldn’t be this hard to find a Christmas book…

This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series The 12 Days of Christmas

I started planning my 12 Days of Christmas feature in a little tinselly flurry. I was going to have so many posts that it would take me months to write them all…

Houdini’s Magic Ticket

Once upon a time – about 6 weeks ago actually – Dan at Top Ten Movies had a great idea for a blogathon. He invited movie bloggers to think about what they would do with a magic ticket that could transport them into different films. There’s been some great replies and I’ve been meaning to add my own thoughts since the blogathon was announced…

The Elusive Perfect Cinema Experience….

One of the best things about attending the Raindance Film Festival was that the whole cinema going experience was a pleasure. The Apollo Piccadilly is a lovely cinema, the seats were comfortable, the staff were pleasant and helpful …

Is a good remake possible?

When I was mooching around the stands at Empire Big Screen a few weeks ago, I watched the trailer for the remake of Footloose. I honestly didn’t know whether to laugh or cry….