20th Century
Film Review: Bridge Over The River Kwai
David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is not just a great film, it is a nearly perfect one. Even better, it was recognised as such from the start by virtually everyone. [more…]
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Arts
Planet Lockdown Film is coming on Jan 15th!
Short Trailer to the international documentary PLANET LOCKDOWN. WHERE ARE WE? Full release in multiple languages January 15th: PlanetLockdownFilm.com Subscribe to the email list for updates on the film and interviews: https://planetlockdownfilm.com/lists/?p=subscribe Watch more full [more…]
America
Ships That Pass
Two Rascals I looked down on a thunderstorm. The distant lights of late evening Manhattan were being complimented. Clouds beneath me luminesced with staccato lightning flashes above a rain-lashed Long Island. 1988 had ended badly. [more…]
Arts
How to Watch Cheap Television
Most of us will have a Tellybox, possibly several. I suspect a lot though will be paying through the nose for combinations of a TV package from Sky, Virgin, or other provider, add on Netflix, [more…]
Arts
The Wisdom of Charlotte: Picture This
Before I went on my holiday in August, I was perusing Ebay looking for some old copies of “Look In” magazine from the 70’s. I am a fan of Richard O’Sullivan and am proud to [more…]
Arts
Film Review: Big Trouble in Little China
“Big Trouble in Little China” by warpafx is licensed under CC BY 2.0 As a director, John Carpenter is very much hit and miss when it comes to critical acclaim and box office success. For [more…]
Arts
Film Review: The Third Man
The Third Man is a wonderfully evocative, innovative, and fascinating film, directed by Carol Reed with the screenplay by Graham Greene, set in the dystopian ruins and chaos of immediate post-WW2 Vienna, which at that [more…]
Arts
Ein, Zwei, DIE!
After I reviewed the terrible House on Cemetery Hill, I perused the comments which, apparently, no one reads and spotted a few suggestions for the category of worst films ever made. Of the films put [more…]
Arts
Flight of the Navigator
Since Tina and I ditched the TV license last year, we’ve been using the money we saved to amass films and TV from times gone by. You know, back in the days when TV and [more…]