I’ve been waxing lyrical recently on some critically revered flicks and their rare confluences of casting, writing and execution to form classics for the ages. But it’s not just drama masterpieces tha...
Stephen Spielberg ’s Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster. A film that everybody and their dog went to see and raked in an obscene amount of money. With a shower of green in their eyes, Hol...
In 1986, director Oliver Stone delivered a war film to counter all the John Wayne -esque, American:good/Foreign opponents:bad narratives of the past with Platoon . As a Vietnam War vet himself, he had...
The late and great Wes Craven will forever be known as the father of Freddy Krueger. But that wasn’t all he accomplished. A horror mainstay, no question, but also a commercial pioneer (not once, but t...
It was with no small degree of excitement in 2001 that we learned Anthony Hopkins would reprise his Oscar-winning turn as Hannibal Lecter for the sequel to Silence of Lambs . Almost as quickly, our he...
Well… this is a renowned cult horror flick from the sixties that has been on my to watch list for far too long. Hammer took up the classic monsters mantel after Universal milked its roster dry back in...
Universal have collated four of Hitchcock’s big hitters in one mighty boxset containing all four movies in 2160p for the first time: Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo and The Birds make their 4K debuts. Al...
For those coming into the world of Hannibal cold, hang onto your hats. Cinematically, (ignoring the Michael Mann adaptation Mindhunter , where Brian Cox played him), we met Anthony Hopkin ’s Dr. Hanni...
Only a couple of years ago now, Eureka in the UK released a beautiful big box edition in 1080p, replete with gorgeous artwork and decent special features. Sadly, the transfer of that release left me w...
If ever there was an example of true worth over box office receipts (which is understandably important to the studios, but a financial one only) it is Frank Darabont ’s The Shawshank Redemption . Crue...
When you hear the name Stephen King , like most, you can be forgiven for instantly thinking of evil clowns and all manner of horrific imagery. He is, after all, the master of horror. But both in his w...
The name John Hughes is synonymous for Gen-Xers with classic comedy and the 1980s. The man wrote and/or directed hit after hit during that time that, although usually focused on the youth of the time,...
It’s been five years since Robert Mccall ( Denzel Washington ) slayed the Mandalorian ( Pedro Pascal ) and went back to his marital home. For this originally never guaranteed third entry, you better b...
The 1980s is now decades behind us and I consider myself fortunate to have been a Gen X-er, having my formative years during that decade. It produced, in my view, the most creativity and risk taking o...
Back when dinosaurs walked the earth, sci-fi auteur James Cameron was riding high on the wave of a box office incinerating little movie called Titanic . The man had already proven his metal in varying...
