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
Daniel Radcliffe has impressed me. I’ve never read the Harry Potter books so he is what I imagine Harry Potter to be. It will also mean that if I ever do read Harry Potter, it will be Daniel Radcliffe that I … Continue reading A Young Doctor’s Notebook (Season 1) TV Review
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
Last week was the first time that I actually noticed a shift from the past to the future. Often, when technology, or something else, begins to make a part of your life that you once took for granted obsolete, it’s … Continue reading Why I’ll miss HMV and Blockbuster
Because I review a whole tv series rather than individual episodes, there is a chance of spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, stop reading now! Some shows are around for so long that they can get … Continue reading Peep Show (Season 8) TV Review
I don’t care about the Academy awards. It feels like its lost its meaning and power. I’m sure within the film community it still holds a huge amount of power but outside of that, I think its beginning to lose … Continue reading A vote for The Mainstream Film Awards
Don’t watch television shows you loved as a kid. As a general rule, they will almost always disappoint. A television station in the UK recently celebrated thirty years of its children’s television and replayed some of the classic shows I watched … Continue reading The Muppets (2011) Review
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