Is Die Hard a Christmas film? For us, yes: it's set on Christmas Eve at an office Christmas party, “Christmas in Hollis” is on the soundtrack, it ends with “Let It Snow”, and there's that “Ho-Ho-Ho” shirt. The only case against it is that we'll happily watch it any time of year. As the Festive season approaches many share their favourite Christmas films, we are no exception … [Read more...]
Does Mighty Boosh Julian Give Us A Mighty Film in Mindhorn?
This week we finally got to see Mindhorn, a British film we had hoped to see at the cinema but did not get a release at our local venue. Now available to stream and own, we hoped this Comedy starring Julian Barratt, who we love as Howard Moon in The Mighty Boosh would provide some good laughs. The film tells the story of a struggling actor Richard Thorncroft (played by … [Read more...]
Dunkirk – A War Film Like No Other!
This week, even though we are not a fan of War movies, we went to see Dunkirk, simply because its director Christopher Nolan had given us some cinematic masterpieces such as The Dark Knight and Inception. The film was like nothing we had seen before as it plays almost like a silent movie, in that there is not much in the way of script, we mainly just follow two soldiers … [Read more...]
We Enter The Dark Universe To See Tom Cruise’s Mummy
This week we went out to see The Mummy, a new film to be part of the Dark Universe movie series with Universal Studios looking to bring all their classic monsters back to the big screen. The Mummy, personally I would have thought would have been done later on in the series when it was more established, given that for most, this was the Universal monster known to most thanks … [Read more...]
Do We Rate High-Rise Highly?
We read J.G. Ballard’s book a while back when we heard High-Rise was to be made into a film. The reason for our interest was that it was to be directed by Ben Wheatley, who had given us amongst others, Down Terrace; Kill List and Sightseers, which we had enjoyed. The story centres around Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston), who in the book we learn is moving to the High-Rise, … [Read more...]