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 […]
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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? […]
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 […]
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was released in 1999. At the time it was released I had just won a major screenwriting competition and was […]
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 […]
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 […]
After the Sunset / The Matador / Seraphim Falls
I’m not a fan of the Bond films; I think they were pretty much dead before Bourne put a final nail in the coffin. Pearce […]