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
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
The Omen has become less of a horror movie and much more an iconic thriller. The first box you have to tick if you are going to make a horror film is “scare people” and unfortunately, The Omen doesn’t really do that. There are no jump out of your skin moments like this year’s Woman in Black or even tense, creepy moments where you are waiting for something bad to happen, like the Paranormal Activity series has become expert at. Instead, we get a film that tells a horror story. Its more like watching a ghost story unfold, a supernatural, … Continue reading The Omen (1976) Review
How scared you actually want to be by this film should determine whether you go to see it at the cinema or not. You will be scared. That goes without saying. Huge sections of this film are set in a creepy Victorian house, with little or no lighting and you are set up to jump and scream at every opportune moment. What I am talking about is whether you want to be unnerved or terrified! At the cinema the best you can hope for is unnerved. There will be a tense silence over everyone in the large room as Daniel Radcliffe … Continue reading The Woman in Black (2012) Review
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