More hidden treasures from the local newspapers of the past... Assault on Precinct 13 played for four glorious weeks in Leeds (click on each ad to see it actual size). Later it played in a double bill with the film Halloween.
Friday the 13th Films Original Leeds Newspaper Ads
Happy Friday the 13th! I've been digging through copies of my local newspaper The Yorkshire Evening Post and have exhumed some amazing ads for some of the exploitation films that perverts like me love so dearly. One series of movies that played well in Leeds was Friday the 13th. And the newspaper ads certainly don't …
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Lady Bird (2017)
I actually went to see Lady Bird because the trailer was so good. Any film that uses 'Days of Steam' by John Cale instantly grabs my attention. Lady Bird is a quirky film that makes me want to punch the air with delight. Thank Christ for all of the filmmakers who see things from a different …
Review: ‘I, Tonya’ (2017)
Like many people the only thing I knew about ice skater Tonya Harding before this film was the incident of violence that she inflicted upon Nancy Kerrigan. This film deals with Tonya's upbringing and her life in general leading up to this point. One striking feature of the film is that it well and truly breaks down …
Review- Hush (2016)
I love it when I know nothing about a film but then discover it on Netflix. Thats what happened here and I wasn’t disappointed. A deaf mute writer lives in her isolated home on the edge of a forest. And then a psycho nutjob comes her way. Its suddenly a case of do or die with …
Review- Danny Says (2015)
A documentary about Danny Fields, the record industry A&R man/artist liaison/cultural barometer who was the friend of so many great bands and artists and more importantly, had a hand in making sure they could get record deals and record their music so that their genius could be shared with the world. This documentary gets it …
Review- Spotlight (2015)
A film that was on my 'Haven't got round to seeing it yet' list. Until now. Journalists at the Boston Globe investigate sexual abuse of children by local Roman Catholic priests- and uncover much more. This is based on a true story and feels authentic and not over-dramaticised for the big screen. The locales are …
The Warriors (1979)- The Film Leeds Local Authority Tried To Ban
It's amazing what you find when you go trawling through the microfiche archives for your local newspaper. When browsing through the back issues of The Yorkshire Evening Post for 1979, I noticed that The Warriors, Walter Hill's gritty, comic book-style New York action flick, was actually shown at a 'members-only' cinema called The Tatler here …
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Review- ‘On The Waterfront’ (1954)
A young ex-boxer and a priest team up with the sister of a victim of the local mob to find out who killed her brother and try to stop the mob from unfairly controlling all of the work and wages that should be going to the dockers in the area. This is one of those films …
Review- The Matrix (1999)
I missed this when it was first released. However, at the time I saw clips of the fights scenes and the slow mo bullet sequences and was duly impressed. What would i think of the film on first viewing almost 20 years later? I never lost interest during this film and I can see why it …
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