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I'm continuing today, albeit after quite a delay, my series of articles on war-time British war films that started with my article on In Which We Serve. This article will look at another film I'm equally as fond of, Went The Day Well. Although visually it is… Continue reading
One thing I missed while living in Japan was being able to switch the TV on late at night and catch some random old picture I otherwise wouldn't have watched. Switching on the TV late at night in Japan, you were likely to only get television shows trying to… Continue reading
Ever since I saw The Big Sleep as a child, I've been a fan of Raymond Chandler. Knowing my affection for the film, one of the first presents my future sister-in-law gave me was a copy of Chandler's collected works. A little later, on the strength of The… Continue reading
I suppose if you've grown up in Los Angeles or New York, you're quite used to seeing your neck of the woods depicted in film and television. This probably extends to the people of any major American city, Chicago, Seattle and so on. Perhaps you've even… Continue reading
A few months ago I wrote an article on remakes of Kurosawa films. Not famous Western efforts like The Magnificent Seven or The Outrage, but rather attempts by the Japanese themselves over the years. Well there was one project that I had no idea of at the time… Continue reading
It often seems like with these big films you know the whole thing before it comes out. I've mentioned the pros and cons of this a couple of times before. It certainly seemed to be the case with The Dark Knight, probably the most hyped film of this year, but… Continue reading
It was very wise of Warner Brothers to tie the debut of the Watchmen trailer into the release of The Dark Knight, melding the two together in the minds of audiences as straight faced peas in the pod. Anyone who enjoys The Dark Knight will certainly be looking… Continue reading
A word of warning at the start. These impressions of L: Change The World contain some spoilers regarding the plot of the second Death Note film, The Last Name. I don't normally give a hoot about spoilers and especially not when it concerns goofy stuff like… Continue reading
My trip to the multiplex continues with the new Will Smith film Hancock (and most likely with conclude with a trip to see The Dark Knight in a few weeks). In my post about The Happening the other day, I mentioned that I have a certain suspicion when films are… Continue reading
It was purely in the interests of science that I watched The Happening. By the time I had got around to watching it, it was quite clear what kind of film it would be. But I'm always intrigued when people say a film is so bad, either to confirm to myself the… Continue reading
John Woo's return to China has been heavily hyped. For years, fans have been begging him to walk away from unrepentant rubbish that he was making in Hollywood. And eventually, he did. After the release of Paycheck, John Woo has not shot another feature film… Continue reading
In the midst of Devin's post today delivering the good news about the recently uncovered footage from the original cut of Metropolis, he mentioned briefly the Marx Brothers picture Humor Risk. This short film is a great source of speculation and interest for… Continue reading
