I first saw The Howling 3 in 1989 on home video and thought ‘What the hell was that?!’ I saw it again today and again thought ‘What the hell was that?!’ The film is a curio for sure. It bears no relation (except by name) to the other films in the franchise and feels more …
I have a confession to make. Even though I’m a huge Scorsese fan, I had never seen The Color Of Money. That was resolved last night. Superb direction, uniformly amazing performances (only an auteur like Scorsese could obtain such a restrained turn from Tom Cruise) and a fantastic screenplay. Great to see Iggy Pop too. …
I watched Fatal Attraction yesterday for the first time since I first saw it in the late 80’s on home video. The film ranges from being a brilliantly directed New York flick to being a thinly drawn slasher movie. I loved the shots of Alex (Glenn Close) when she’s in full psycho mode wearing her …
After his girlfriend's daughter dies at the hands of drug pushers, Paul Kersey decides to take down the whole crime network that supplied the drugs to her. This leads to him taking on the local Mafia. OK, so this isn't too different from the plot-lines of previous entries in the franchise, but it's still VERY …
A massively dysfunctional couple decide to go Bush in their native Australia to try and salve their relationship. However, it appears that nature and the local ecology doesn't take kindly to two bickering and slobbish human beings invading and polluting their environ and decides to fight back. This is a terrific slice of Ozploitation with …
As with any lists containing my favourite films, I always think of films I should have included or those that just missed out on being in the big Top 10. I thought these needed to be acknowledged too so, without further a do, here are the next (or should that be another) 10 in descending …
Inspired by Sight and Sound's Greatest Films of All Time, I have compiled my Top 10 Films of All Time. For ages I've known what my Top 5 films have been but I've had to have a bit of a think as to the other entries. But, I'm happy with my other choices although there …
I hate the cunts who say, 'I had the strangest dream last night!' and then proceed to bore everyone to death with their remembrances. Well, I really did have the strangest (and most brilliant) dream last night. I dreamt that I saw a trailer for a prequel to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. This …
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I had first heard about the film Burial Ground aka Nights of Terror (1981) years before I actually got to see it for myself. When it was finally released in Britain, it was released in 1987 on Apex Video and was missing a massive 13 minutes. Thankfully I didn't get to see this truncated version …
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I love combing through the archives of the local newspapers to see the ads used for my favourite films as they were released in Yorkshire. If one of these films is controversial enough, it will find itself the centre of attention wherever it is released. One such film was, of course, The Exorcist. The film …
Continue reading The Exorcist Comes to Leeds. Controversy Ensues.
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