UK-based movie blogger with a passion for The Lord of the Rings, international films and Cary Grant’s filmography.
Classic Hollywood celebrates American films that were released between the 1910s and the 1960s. Commercial film production in the United States developed rapidly after World War I (1914-1918); the major Hollywood studios together were releasing more than 500 feature films a year by the mid-1930s. Source: Professor David Neumeyer. The American Film Institute (AFI) has... Continue Reading →
Rear Window is a film that I had been aware of for many years but had only recently watched following my newfound love of films from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, Rear Window tells the story of a wheelchair-bound photographer, L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies (Stewart), recuperating... Continue Reading →
This week in Thursday Movie Picks – run by Wandering through the Shelves – we’ve been asked to list three to five where the plot revolves around a natural disaster. As usual, I’ve made my selection from films I have seen, and as I really enjoy films from this genre, after a six-week hiatus from joining... Continue Reading →
A combination of moving house as well as losing WiFi for two weeks meant that I didn't watch as many films this month. It did mean, however, that I did a lot of redecorating in the new house! 1ST TIMERS Taxi Driver (1976) - De Niro excels - as does a young Jodie Foster -... Continue Reading →
Around 71% of the Earth's surface is water-covered, but despite decades of sea exploration there's still a lot to be discovered about life below the waves, providing the perfect platform for filmmakers who want to take to the water and get their audience scratching their heads. This Maltese thriller is a family affair, directed by... Continue Reading →
Prior to watching His Girl Friday I thought that I knew what a 'motormouth' was. I now realise that the people I had thought were speedy speakers were in fact very slow in comparison to the lightning fast repartee between Gary Grant and Rosalind Russell. The third outing between Grant and director Howard Hawks sees... Continue Reading →
This week in Thursday Movie Picks – run by Wandering through the Shelves – we’ve been asked to list three to five directors who took home the Best Director Oscar. As usual, I’ve made my selection from films I have seen. What does a director do? MasterClass explains: "A director is a person who determines the... Continue Reading →
First time watches dominated this month, although I kicked off my Bondathon (again) ahead of No Time To Die's release later this year. Thanks to a free one-week trial of NOW I was able to see quite a few films from classic Hollywood as well as the Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman. 1ST TIMERS Fatal Attraction... Continue Reading →
This week in Thursday Movie Picks – run by Wandering through the Shelves – we’ve been asked to list three to psychological thrillers. As usual, I've made my selection from films I have seen. Fatal Attraction (1987) I watched this for the first time quite recently and while I knew the gist of the film -... Continue Reading →
Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan tackle American red tape and administrative annoyances in this comedy based on the lived experience of Roger Charlier, a Belgian who married an American nurse and published his story in the Baltimore Sun in 1947, two years prior to the film's release. Set post-World War II in Heidelberg, Allied-occupied Germany,... Continue Reading →
I'm fortunate to have visited over 30 countries in my thirty-something years. One of my favourite countries to visit is Norway, and a large part of that is its incredible natural beauty. In The Wave (original title Bølgen) we experience the sometimes cataclysmic repercussions of the Earth's ever-moving landscape. Inspired by real life events - and... Continue Reading →
In a landscape dominated by multi-picture franchises, CGI effects and multimillion-dollar budgets, watching a standalone film with no real plot or defined character roles can be a lovely way to give your mind a break and relax. Set in post-war rural Japan, My Neighbor Totoro explores a few weeks in the lives of sisters Satuski... Continue Reading →
