Movies

So, what did you think of all those vampire movies I found for you? Did you watch any of them? I’m certainly going to give them a viewing. I drew up a fairly lengthy list of films researching [...]

Considering how many years I have been on this planet of ours, and how much of each of those years I have spent watching films and reading books, the list of films and books I have yet to see and [...]

So, it’s official. Or at least as official as these things ever are. It’s a Wonderful Life has been voted Britain’s favourite Christmas film. Now, I’m a big fan of It’s a Wonderful Life. And for [...]

Tim Thomerson has to be one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood. Born in 1946, and with his first appearance on screen in an episode of TV series Mannix in 1975, Thomerson has racked up [...]

I could just say it’s been a busy week and leave it at that. And I wouldn’t be lying either because it has been a very busy week. And an exciting one. But if I was to say, ‘I haven’t had time to [...]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: You kids, you just don’t know how lucky you are when it comes to entertainment these days. Especially when it comes to movies and television. You’ve got [...]

It all started with Jaws. Most things in my life start with Jaws. That film is a cornerstone in my life, seeing it for the first time was a watershed moment. I became obsessed with that film, [...]

Something happened last week. Something momentous. Now world shatteringly momentous, you understand. Not something that will impact the world, or make a huge difference in lives. But who knows? [...]

In 1974 James Ferman, secretary of the British Board of Film Classification attended a British Film Institute screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. At the film’s finish he is reputed to have [...]

For this week’s guilty pleasure in my back catalogue of ‘films I have watched but rarely mentioned in polite company,’ I’m going back to the 1970s again. But where Grizzly can bearely (geddit?) [...]