Licence to Kill (1989).
With Roger Moore hanging up His tuxedo after 1985’s A View To A Kill, the role of the world’s favourite Super Spy, James Bond was passed on to a relatively… Continue reading "Licence to Kill (1989)."
Category: Retrospectives
Our on-going series of in-depth retrospective reviews of classic films.
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
F. W. Murnau’s 1927 classic Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is a film about sex and love, about lust and family, about money and poverty. It is a paean of marriage, a film… Continue reading "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)."
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Once Upon A Time In The West (1968).
The western, a genre has gone through a multitude of changes over the last century. It has evolved as a genre, creating tropes – visual, verbal and musical; then devolved as it was… Continue reading "Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 12 – Ten Years of The Dark Knight – Part 1, The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012).
Episode 12 of the Film ’89 Podcast is the first of a special two-part celebration of the 10th anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s seminal 2008 masterpiece, The Dark Knight. Skye is… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 12 – Ten Years of The Dark Knight – Part 1, The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 11 – Author Mark O’Connell discusses his new book, Watching Skies.
In Episode 11 of the Film ’89 Podcast, Skye is joined by Mark O’Connell, author of Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan, to discuss his new book, Watching Skies: Star… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 11 – Author Mark O’Connell discusses his new book, Watching Skies."
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Iron Monkey (1993) – Blu-Ray Review.
This week Eureka Video releases the classic 1993 martial arts film Iron Monkey on Blu-ray. It was originally released on DVD in the UK by Hong Kong Legends in 2001… Continue reading "Iron Monkey (1993) – Blu-Ray Review."
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Hero (2002).
One of the many delights when watching a great film is appreciating the wonderful cinematography which sweeps over our screens. Whether it’s in colour or black & white, great cinematography… Continue reading "Hero (2002)."
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Romance, Idolization, and Ego in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy.
I like to imagine that the final shot in Spider-Man 3 (2007) in which we see Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson embrace one another, is a bittersweet meeting between… Continue reading "Romance, Idolization, and Ego in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy."
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John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China (1986).
Carpenter & Russell team up to shake the pillars of heaven. By 1986 acclaimed director John Carpenter had reached an interesting point in his career. Following the commercial, and to… Continue reading "John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China (1986)."
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The Searchers (1956).
John Ford once famously proclaimed ‘I make Westerns.’ Of course, this was an over-simplification of sorts. In a career that spanned 6 decades (his first film was in 1917, his last in 1976) he won 6 Best… Continue reading "The Searchers (1956)."