Lost Highway & Mulholland Drive
I’m not sure David Lynch entirely knows what he’s doing. Lost Highway is a great film, magnetic, compulsive and beautiful. Does it make much sense? […]
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The Cannonball Run
I can hear you all laughing! But, The Cannonball Run starring Burt Reynolds is a film I grew up with. Released in 1981 and a […]
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket was released in 1987 when I was still at school. I must have caught up with it on VHS video after it […]
The Sopranos
I seem to have gone down the road of writing about a lot of gangster movies. My favourite film critic David Thompson has identified that […]
American Gangster
The script for American Gangster had been knocking around for years, and people didn’t really want to make it until Ridley Scott came onboard. I […]
Sexy Beast
I watched this again recently, it’s a real actor’s film (although it’s not clear who the Sexy Beast of the title is) Winstone has never […]
Cinderella Man
I’m not a massive fan of Ron Howards’ films. I never have been, but I adore Cinderella Man. I can’t think of many better films […]
Goodfellas
I had to get my Dad to take me to the cinema to see this as I was only 16 when it was released and […]