I’m continuing today, albeit after quite a delay, my series of articles on war-time British war films that started with my article on In Which We Serve. This article will look at another film I’m equally as fond of, Went The Day Well. Although visually it is not as interesting and certainly it is not … Continue reading
One thing I missed while living in Japan was being able to switch the TV on late at night and catch some random old picture I otherwise wouldn’t have watched. Switching on the TV late at night in Japan, you were likely to only get television shows trying to teach you Italian. If it was … Continue reading
Ever since I saw The Big Sleep as a child, I’ve been a fan of Raymond Chandler. Knowing my affection for the film, one of the first presents my future sister-in-law gave me was a copy of Chandler’s collected works. A little later, on the strength of The Maltese Falcon, I tried Dashiell Hammett too, … Continue reading
I suppose if you’ve grown up in Los Angeles or New York, you’re quite used to seeing your neck of the woods depicted in film and television. This probably extends to the people of any major American city, Chicago, Seattle and so on. Perhaps you’ve even laughed at shoddy stand ins, like a street in … Continue reading
A few months ago I wrote an article on remakes of Kurosawa films. Not famous Western efforts like The Magnificent Seven or The Outrage, but rather attempts by the Japanese themselves over the years. Well there was one project that I had no idea of at the time I wrote that piece, one so strange … Continue reading
It often seems like with these big films you know the whole thing before it comes out. I’ve mentioned the pros and cons of this a couple of times before. It certainly seemed to be the case with The Dark Knight, probably the most hyped film of this year, but actually I was surprised by … Continue reading
It was very wise of Warner Brothers to tie the debut of the Watchmen trailer into the release of The Dark Knight, melding the two together in the minds of audiences as straight faced peas in the pod. Anyone who enjoys The Dark Knight will certainly be looking for more of the same, and I’m sure … Continue reading
A word of warning at the start. These impressions of L: Change The World contain some spoilers regarding the plot of the second Death Note film, The Last Name. I don’t normally give a hoot about spoilers and especially not when it concerns goofy stuff like this, but I think the second film is yet … Continue reading
My trip to the multiplex continues with the new Will Smith film Hancock (and most likely with conclude with a trip to see The Dark Knight in a few weeks). In my post about The Happening the other day, I mentioned that I have a certain suspicion when films are reviewed extremely poorly (or indeed … Continue reading
It was purely in the interests of science that I watched The Happening. By the time I had got around to watching it, it was quite clear what kind of film it would be. But I’m always intrigued when people say a film is so bad, either to confirm to myself the overreaction or less … Continue reading