Ghosts of Mars
John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars is a trouble film. In that, the first time I saw it I thought what the hell is a great […]
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Compact, economical, rousing, funny and great cinematic storytelling… I could be talking about a film by Anthony Mann from the golden age of Hollywood or […]
Breaking Away
I wrote a little web series about growing up called Dylan Ogden which you can find on this website on my script writing samples page. […]
Johnny Handsome
There’s a line between Walter Hill, Sam Peckinpah and Don Siegel, all of whom I’ve blogged about before. Don started out making montages for films […]
The Indian Runner
I’m trying hard to avoid writing about the obvious films you must see, and I’m hoping to pick some films that you may not have […]
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Okay, last blogpost for Christmas and I’m not going for It’s A Wonderful Life, Elf, Scrooge, Scrooged or Miracle on 34th Street. No, no…I’m going […]
Local Hero
The next two blogposts are about a uniquely British trait: whimsy. Local Hero directed by Bill Forsyth is one of the greatest British films of […]
Rawhead Rex
What’s so good about a film which is pretty badly written, badly acted, stolidly directed and without any real redeeming features? Not a lot really, […]
State of Grace
Phil Joanu’s State of Grace was released at the same time as Goodfellas. Goodfellas is about the mafia (mainly Italian descent gangsters). State of Grace […]