French Kiss
Meg Ryan movies were a staple of my childhood. With consistent regularity the whole family would sit down to embark on one of Miss Ryan’s romantic adventures. Some were really… Read more »
The Wicked Lady
Director Michael Winner filters Leslie Arliss’ melodrama through the exploitation genre and winds up with a masterpiece of high camp. The Wicked Lady (1983) is one of Michael Winner’s projects… Read more »
Alexander Nevsky
History remembers Alexander Nevsky (1938) as the film Sergei Eisenstein made at the behest of Stalin. A commissioned work always seems to be looked down upon in Western terms of… Read more »
The Sign Of Four
The Sign Of Four (1987) is the first of the Sherlock Holmes television movies helmed by John Hawkesworth for Granada Television. The Sign Of Four corresponds to the end of… Read more »
Stacey
Stacey (1973) is the directorial debut feature of the infamous Andy Sidaris. Already a number of tropes from Sidaris’ later and more popular films are readily apparent. Sidaris combines sports… Read more »
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin is Hollywood’s least radical liberal filmmaker and his The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (2020) may just be his most “Aaron Sorkin” film. At every opportunity characters are… Read more »
The Dig
The Dig (2021) is a historical drama based on the novel of the same name by John Preston. The film is concerned with the 1939 archeological excavation of Sutton Hoo… Read more »
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) is the result of a very toxic but vocal minority on social media who campaigned for director Zack Snyder to complete his version of Justice… Read more »
The Girl King
The Girl King (2015) is a biographical drama following Christina, Queen of Sweden (Malin Buska) dudring her ten year reign. In those ten years she advocates reforms in Swedish education… Read more »
Venus In Furs
Jesús Franco’s Venus In Furs (1969) opens with Jimmy Logan (James Darren) discovering the body of Wanda Reed (Maria Rohm) washed up on a beach. This striking image, as well… Read more »
