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My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 31 – Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 31 – Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

Animation legend Hayao Miyazaki is a name rarely requiring introduction, rivaling perhaps only Walt Disney in terms of success and the long-lasting impact his films have had on audiences worldwide. But prior to 2001’s Spirited Away, where Western audiences were given a proper introduction to the director, thanks in no small part to Disney itself, Miyazaki’s earlier efforts had sometimes gone…

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My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 32 – The Fisher King (1991)

My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 32 – The Fisher King (1991)

Terry Gilliam’s directorial career has had its fair share of ups and downs. With the release of his long-plagued production The Man Who Killed Don Quixoteout this year, it seems as if the former Monty Python star has finally come full circle creatively. Whether his efforts will obtain the success that has alluded him in recent years, remains to be seen. But one of Gilliam’s greatest strengths…

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Alien Intruder review

In space...no one can hear you complain! Space cake anyone?

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I believe in Harvey Dent!

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Getting ready to rock at the London Bass Show 2018! (at Olympia London)

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Best spiral staircase I’ve seen yet!

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Some freaky landscapes in England...

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The Avengers Review

A look back at one of cinema's most beloved franchises, but perhaps not the one you were expecting? Just watch out for the Teddy Bears!

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at Royal Crescent

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By Any Other Name - A Review

By Any Other Name – A Review

Some stories just hit home a bit too hard, well at least for me they do. While it’s true that for every Mysterious Skin there are about ten Freeheld‘s, well-meaning but poorly executed dramas about recognising and accepting homosexuality, the topic is one that only in recent years has been given the delicate and non-cynical approach needed for such a subject matter. To clarify, I’m not saying…

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My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 33 – The Madness of King George (1994)

My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 33 – The Madness of King George (1994)

If there’s one genre British cinema excels with more than any other nation state it must surely by the period drama. Decades upon decades of British-made films have thrilled us with the delights of news from the London season, high gossip amongst wealthy aristocrats, and tawdry scandals at the very heart of the king or queen’s court. But for such a typically overdone export as the period drama,…

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My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 35 – Mississippi Burning (1988)

My Top 50 Cinematic Moments: Number 35 – Mississippi Burning (1988)

  Alan Parker is one of those rare British directors that has managed to score multiple successes across both sides of the Atlantic for a period of three decades. Although his last directed film, “The Life of David Gale“, was made all the way back in 2003, and released to abysmal reviews, his talent as a storyteller of cinema speaks for itself. In a career that includes “Bugsy Malone“, “Midnight…

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Silence is Golden: A Review

Silence is Golden: A Review

When the first trailer for Martin’s Scorsese’s latest feature surfaced during winter of last year I felt a palpable sense of surprise. The first glimpses of the beloved director’s take on feudal Japan, with its swooping shots of a barren, arid landscape, combined with the terrified faces of Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver fighting off the local samurai, was a far cry from packed Wall Street…

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Spider-Man: Graduation

  They say in Hollywood that you’re only as good as the last film you make. They also say that the third time’s the charm. The former can definitely be said of director Sam Raimi’s last shot at the original Spider-Man film franchise way back when in 2007. The latter, I can wholeheartedly, unconditionally, overwhelmingly say about Marvel’s long-awaited introduction reboot of Spider-Man into their…

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Towering Inferno: A Review of "The Dark Tower"

Towering Inferno: A Review of “The Dark Tower”

  The Dark Tower is one of those rare bad movies that actually makes you yearn to have wanted more of it. Whilst the typically defined “bad movie” is one where you’re constantly checking your watch, questioning character motivations, or simply wishing you were witnessing another story unfold; in this instance, I simply just wanted more. More running time on screen that is. Coming from a point of…

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Blade Blunder 2017: A Review

Blade Blunder 2017: A Review

They tried guys, they really, really tried! But try as they might, they failed. “Blade Runner 2049” is proof that no matter how talented the director, how caring and compassionate the studio is too the original material; this dark era of sequels, prequels, reboots and remakes is as vain and empty as the inner minds of the producers who come up with these sad, unwarranted, unneeded ideas. It goes…

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