A Good Day to Die Hard is not suitable for a ten-year-old. It’s not that the ten-year-old was running from the cinema or crying his eyes out, in fact he said the words “that film was really good” to his Dad … Continue reading Why there should be a 15a (PG15) Rating
There is only one, key, core ingredient to a Die Hard film. Only one thing a Die Hard film needs to be a Die Hard film and it’s not violence, action, small, claustrophobic setting or even the words “Yippee-Ki-Yay.” It’s the … Continue reading A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) Review
Anything associated with innocence and childhood, swearing, acting immature and crude and generally doing things considered “adult,” will be appealing. It’s the idea that we are seeing something associated with the mainstream and acceptable, doing something considered taboo. It’s the same reason … Continue reading Ted (2012) Review
In twenty years, the only television that will be aired at a specific “live” time will be sports and news. There will no longer be television schedules, where people have to tune in at the same time each week to … Continue reading Why you should get a TV and film streaming subscription…
One of the rare, positive things about a film genre being so steeped in cliché and the usual plots and character types is that it makes a huge impact when you change it, even slightly. The changes make a huge … Continue reading Cabin in the Woods (2011) Review
When any film takes a tired, over-populated genre and does something different with it, it will always get some sort of praise from me. There have been some different takes on the found footage genre but generally its reserved for horror … Continue reading Project X (2012) Review
This is my attempt to introduce a new feature. I’m hoping to do a regular A-Z of film and television related topics, from Action films to Rom-Coms, Bond to Batman. This is a section where I assign each letter something relevant … Continue reading A- Z of…. Movies and Moviemaking
Toy Story is the only perfect trilogy. There are lots of good trilogies. Fantastic, amazing and incredible stories told through three or more films but only one series where every film was as good as the last. There is no … Continue reading 5 Golden Rules for the perfect movie trilogy
I don’t think films by Wes Anderson are for me. They have an arty, quirky and unusual style to them that I can’t quite get behind. I remember watching The Royal Tenenbaums when I was a bit younger and not … Continue reading Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Review
The Blair Witch Project is still the best Found Footage movie. It’s not just because its one of the first but because now we have had a deluge of imitators, the purity and simplicity of the movie is really refreshing. It doesn’t have a … Continue reading Apollo 18 (2011) Review
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