A guy in the city
Let me just start this by saying that I am a fan of books and films. I read and watch a lot. I've got a degree in English and Film Studies and another in Novel Writing. I'm not here fighting from one side. But this is something that annoys me whenever I see it. I've... Continue Reading →
The other week I saw this video on twitter: Quentin Tarantino reading a draft of Kill Bill to Robert Rodriguez It got me thinking about Kill Bill. It's been years since I'd watched the films. I'd always enjoyed the first part but was a bit lukewarm to the second part. Seeing Tarantino read the opening it... Continue Reading →
Oh God, 2016 was shit wasn't it? What with all those deaths and then the rise of fascism. What better to forget the terrible reality of real life than with the glory of cinema. Luckily, 2016 had some damn fine movies. Here is my Top Ten. 10. The Nice Guys I've never been a massive... Continue Reading →
I take a look at the 2017 BAFTA nominations and have a guess at who will win.
The best holiday of the year is rapidly approaching and you may want to huddle up in front of the TV and watch something that’s going to make you feel unsafe in your own home. After all, it is tradition. So here for you are some of my picks to watch this Halloween. Now, I... Continue Reading →
Hell Or High Water trailer The writer of last years brilliant Sicario and the director of hard hitting prison drama Starred Up bring a dust covered Neo-Western in the form of Hell Or High Water. A divorced father Toby Howard (Chris Pine) and his ex convict brother Tanner rob a series of banks, hitting several in... Continue Reading →
Tickled trailer There have been a lot of different sports on the TV recently during the Rio Olympics but one of them wasn't competitive tickling. Surprising really, it's a sport that surely has universal appeal. If you've never heard of competitive tickling then Tickled is a sports documentary mashed with a thriller and is quite unlike anything... Continue Reading →
I review the long awaited Suicide Squad.
With the crushing inevitability that is the passage of time, we have passed through half of 2016. I’ve got to admit, I don’t think it’s been an amazing year so far for movies. Usually there is a film that really sticks out early in the year as my favourite that normally sits there for the... Continue Reading →
Whiskey in hand 