There are some films you can watch over and over again. The ones that you know most of the dialogue of, that you laugh at the jokes a minute before they are delivered on screen and you watch on TV every time they are shown, despite owning them on DVD. For me these films include the first two installments in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy…
The World’s End Trailer released
8 May 2013 by 4 Comments
It’s been a great couple of weeks for movie trailers. Literally the day after I posted my Top Ten Tantalising Trailers article the White House Down trailer arrived and it promises some great action with a sense of humour. It looks more likeable than Olympus has Fallen and exactly like the Die Hard in the White House it will clearly be known as. Today’s release of The World’s End trailer has really excited me…
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
3 February 2012 by Leave a Comment
As impossible as it is to believe, Tom Cruise is almost 50. He’s been a movie star for more than three decades so the news shouldn’t be that surprising but he’s so vibrant and youthful…
Hot Fuzz
5 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
In Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost brilliantly parodied zombie movies, while at the same time creating a damn good film which fits nicely into the list of great horror films. The follow-up, Hot Fuzz…
Top Ten: Scary Movies
28 October 2011 by 1 Comment
It’s only a couple of days now until Hallowe’en and like many other film reviewers I’ve been thinking lots about my favourite scary movies. At first I was apprehensive, I seem to have spent a long time telling you that I’m not a fan of the genre so I really thought that it would take me ages to even come up with 10 that I liked….
Shaun of the Dead
27 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
For fans of the cult TV programme Space, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were already familiar and well-liked faces but for most people Shaun of the Dead provided an introduction to the two actors and their own special brand of comedy. Shaun of the Dead really is a genre busting film…