The James Bond franchise seems like it’s set to be locked into a state of purgatory for the foreseeable future, with a reportedly tumultuous relationship between Amazon and the franchise’s eternal gatekeepers and keyholders, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Public interest, however, is perpetually high, with oddsmakers perpetually updating the odds on who will …
With the release of a new Indiana Jones movie, there is one question on most people’s minds: is this another Crystal Skulls? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was the last entry in the franchise and was pretty much universally considered a disappointment. From fumbling a story about Indy connecting with his …
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Does the fedora still fit? Read More »
The Mission: Impossible franchise has been one of the steadiest and most successful movie franchises of the last 25 years, where you can make a case for almost any of them being the best or your favourite. There is one movie of the bunch that is almost universally agreed to be the ugly duckling of …
You could be forgiven for forgetting about the harmonica in The Shawshank Redemption, but thematically and symbolically, it is right at the very heart of Frank Darabont’s 1994 prison drama based on a short story by Stephen King. The movie gives us one of the great onscreen friendships in the history of cinema, between Andy …
It’s Sunday night again, a new work week looming large over your evening, not to mention the worries of the world just outside your door. What you need is a breezy, carefree viewing experience in which to lose yourself for an hour or so. As ever, I, your trusty guide in such cinematic proceedings, have …
Everybody has a decade for movies where that’s about as far back as they are willing to go, anything older just looks and feels too dated for them. Be it the 90’s, 80’s, 70’s or what have you. Hell even I have a movie decade where I struggle to engage with the movies, the 1920’s, …
Sunday Night Classic Movie Double Feature: Notorious & Casablanca Read More »
The mere thought of remaking movies these days induces any number of scoffs, moans and eye rolls, and for good reason, they are usually unnecessary rehashes that don’t actually contribute anything to the original. There is, however, one man who has dared to remake one of his own movies on two separate occasions, and I …
Die Hard is one of the greatest action movies of all time and is essential viewing. For the uninitiated, it’s a movie about terrorists taking over a skyscraper and holding it’s occupants hostage for money, and the only man who can do anything about it is John McClane, an off duty cop from out of …
Things are heavy with this pandemic tightening it’s grip on our society. We need to lock down and socially isolate as much as ever if not more so. If you need a little reprieve from the heaviness that is our current existence, I have just the thing for you: The Mid 90’s Presidential Double Feature. …
Ben Affleck’s career wasn’t exactly soaring throughout the 2000’s, with nary commercial or critical hit to his resume during that period. He was in need of some career and image rehabilitation to reconnect with the critics and audiences who may have written him off as a has been. The Ben Affleck renaissance, or Benaissance, if …
