Family Style
In this blogpost, part of my series on 100 films you must see, I’m going to write about one of my own bits of work. […]
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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 […]
The Future is Unwritten
Joe Strummer is one of my great hero’s. This film by Julien Temple was made after Joe’s untimely death in December 2002. Now I have […]
Grosse Pointe Blank
I was trying to think of what film to write about next and I drew a complete blank, Martin Blank in fact, the lead character […]