Tom
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood and the Power of Tarantino’s ‘What if?’
“Maybe this isn’t the way it was... It’s the way it should have been”. We know of the joy of Tara…
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Films of the Decade: 2000s
Our penultimate week on this endeavour draws us into a new century and what a century it has been s…
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Tom
Dirty Dancing (1987 Re-Release) - Review
This was my first time seeing Dirty Dancing from start to finish. I had naturally seen long stretch…
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Films of the Decade: 2010s
Our final ranking in this endeavour leaves us with 15 more truly excellent films and an over-abunda…
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Tom
Chungking Express: The Peak of the Hong Kong New Wave
Shot within 23 days on a budget of 600,000 dollars on hiatus from his martial arts epic “Ashes of t…
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Tom
The Perfect Duo: Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
In 1997 Robin Schiff adapted two of her most successful characters from her play The Ladies Room in…
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Will
My Top Ten Films of All Time (for now) - Will
I’m certain that, by now, you’ve become accustomed to Tom’s moaning (or critique...however you deem…
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Tom
Does Length Matter? (Ooh Matron)
There is always something daunting about a long running time, especially in this current climate of…
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Tom
Double Bill: Tony Scott and Gene Hackman – Two Thriller Classics
This article will be the first of a two-parter exploring the incomparable work of director Tony Sco…
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My Top Ten Films of All Time (for now) - Tom
Perhaps there is no better way to let you into somebody’s head than to know what their favourite fi…
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Tom
Licorice Pizza (2022) – Review
It's hard to be wholly objective when one looks at the latest film from your favourite director…
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Tom
Amsterdam (2022) – Review
Now a lot of people like to rail into directors when their film is seen as nothing but laundry list…
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Tom
Consolation Prizes: Right Person, Wrong Time
It’s a slippery slope. That’s the main thing I’ve found whilst writing and researching for this ess…
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Tom
Blow Out – Where a Backdrop and a Sound Effect Make a De Palma Masterpiece
It’s an ingenious idea frankly, so ingenious that it’s been told many ways previously, but never qu…
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Tom
Brian De Palma, “the Modern Master of Suspense” (Part Two – 80s)
This is a continuation of last week’s article, exploring the works of writer and director Brain De …
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Tom
Cleo from 5 to 7: Agnes Varda’s finest effort
Born out of a true love of film and a yearning to put ideas onto the screen, the blooming of the Fr…
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Tom
Returning to Old Rankings
For this week’s article I thought I’d go nostalgic and revisit some old rankings and lists of mine …
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Tom
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – Review
There is a pitch black core and foundation to Martin Scorsese’s latest masterpiece Killers of the F…
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Films of the Decade: 90s
As always, I’ll cut to the chase. The 90s, another great decade for film. This list features the mo…
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