Nothing so perfectly captures 90s Britain as Trainspotting. It seems cliché to say it now and many an article and blog post has been written which details the reasons Trainspotting is the culmination of British 90s culture but from the moment … Continue reading Trainspotting (1996) Review
A remake should only exist if it can improve upon the original. That could be updating effects, fixing mistakes from the past or adapting the original story to make it better. Luckily, Ghost in the Shell’s remake does all of these … Continue reading Then and Now Month: Ghost in the Shell (2017) Review
It will be an unpopular view and one that flies in the face of popular opinion but I didn’t “get” Ghost in the Shell. It begins well, with plenty of potential and a very cool, basic idea, but soon it feels … Continue reading Then and Now Month: Ghost in the Shell (1995) Review
Stranger Things second season had a lot of positives and was one of the better things on television this year. One of the major positives was the unorthodox relationship between Sherriff Jim Hopper and supernatural teenager Eleven. An unexpected move … Continue reading Has Stranger Things given us the perfect cast for a Last of Us movie?
If you look at New Nightmare closely enough, you can see the early foundations of the Scream franchise. With Scream, Wes Craven took the idea of the slasher horror movie and turned it on it’s head, creating a film that looked … Continue reading Nightmares and Dreams Month: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) Review
There are two potential movies within Freddy’s Dead. One is a dark, scary and ultimately a fitting send-off for a character who began as a dream-invading bogeyman. The other movie is one which relegates Freddy Kruger to a comedy character, one … Continue reading Nightmares and Dreams Month: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) Review
Nightmare on Elm Street works best when it is simple and unfortunately, Dream Child isn’t. Instead of a movie where Freddy kills people in their dreams, Dream Child decides to over-complicate matters, introducing “rules” for Freddy’s intrusions, a dark backstory and … Continue reading Nightmare and Dreams Month: Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child
When everything looked like it was going so well, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise takes a huge step backwards. Maybe it’s the fact they attempted to churn an Elm Street movie out every year. Maybe it’s the lack of main … Continue reading Nightmare and Dreams Month: Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master (1988) Review
After what felt like a strange detachment from the series with Elm Street 2 (Freddy’s Revenge), Dream Warriors, the third instalment in the series, takes the movie franchise back to it’s roots and firmly into what made the original movie … Continue reading Nightmares and Dreams Month: Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Review
(Views from the Wife is exactly as it sounds – these a reviews done by fellow movie-lover and coincidentally my wife). Warning: This review contains mild spoile This is another example of my love for a director leading me into … Continue reading Nightmares and Dreams Month: Views from The Wife – Black Swan (2010) Review
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