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 […]
Sorcerer aka Wages of Fear
William Friedkin’s Sorcerer is also known as Wages of Fear elsewhere in the world. Fot a long while this film was impossible to see and […]
The Prestige
Funnily enough, I’m not a massive fan of Christopher Nolan’s films. I like the Batman stuff well enough, but I found Inception to be almost […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Okay, so this is now the newest film I’ve blogged about in this list of 100 movies. I waited until I’d seen it twice to […]
Deadly Pursuit
A Facebook friend reminded me of this great movie from 1988. Known as Shoot to Kill in USA, the European title Deadly Pursuit has made […]
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. […]
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? […]