Tag: Reviews
Review: The Captor
According to Wikipedia, “Stockholm syndrome is a condition which causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors during captivity.” If you’ve ever wondered…
Film Road to Halloween: Ghost Stories (2017)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 95 days to…
Film Road to Halloween: Dracula (1931)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 96 days to…
1979 in Film: The Castle of Cagliostro
Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. His contributions to animation have been essential for the evolution of that…
1979 in Film: Die Ehe der Maria Braun / The Marriage of Maria Braun
There’s a smidgen of satire in the opening of The Marriage of Maria Braun, as the title character is in the midst of the title…
1979 in Film: The Jerk
“It was never easy for me, I was born a poor black child”, spoken by the very white Steve Martin as his iconic character Navin…
Film Road to Halloween: The City of the Dead (1960)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 97 days to…
1979 in Film: …And Justice for All
Norman Jewison’s Al Pacino classic American legal dramedy …And Justice for All (1979) is one of my all-time favorite films. Written by the then-married screenwriters…
Film Road to Halloween: It Comes At Night (2017)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 98 days to…
Rewind, 1979 in Film: The Warriors
Growing up as a kid my stepdad introduced me to a range of films which he had watched as a child growing up in the…
Film Road to Halloween: Paranormal Activity (2007)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 99 days to…
1979 in Film: Mad Max
Big things have small beginnings. If there is cinematic proof to that statement, then one could go no further than Mad Max. Consider the most…
1979 in Film: Breaking Away – Cycling into Adulthood
‘Coming of Age’ like any other genre in cinema, is pretty diverse. On the one hand, it is populated with cheesy high-school dramas, with stock…
1979 in Film: Manhattan
It’s very difficult not to watch this movie without thinking: “What the fuck Woody?”. For those that have seen this film before, you know what…