Our on-going series of in-depth retrospective reviews of classic films.
There have been few films which have managed to balance being stylistically distinctive, psychologically interesting, culturally enlightening and, to top it all, entertaining. It’s a list populated by some of the true greats of cinema;… Continue reading "Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953) – A very human tale."
“It’s better than safe, it’s Death Proof.” *** SPOILERS *** In 2007, filmmakers and longtime friends Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez embarked on an experiment that would look to pay… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 years, Part 6 – Death Proof (2007)."
The original RoboCop is my personal favourite movie and has been since I first saw it 28 years ago and it’s hard to believe that the 2014 remake/reboot is already… Continue reading "As RoboCop turns 30, we take a look back at the 2014 Remake."
RoboCop 2 has a small but fervent fan base that I’ve become increasingly aware of in recent years and am somewhat perplexed by. In my humble opinion it’s very clear that… Continue reading "As RoboCop turns 30, we look back at the ill-fated RoboCop 2 (1990)."
A welcome to the Jungle for a new action hero. With a few hundred channels and countless DVDs/Blu Rays to watch I recently found myself channel hopping having decided I… Continue reading "A look back at The Rundown (2003)."
A long time ago during those first flourishes of cinephilia that would consume my life, I made it my duty to watch as many films as I could. I wanted… Continue reading "Rashomon (1950) – Akira Kurosawa & the language of Japanese Cinema."
“That woman deserves her revenge and… we deserve to die.” In the first half of Quentin Tarantino’s rip roaring tale of revenge we saw Uma Thurman’s character of The Bride… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 years, Part 5 – Kill Bill: Vol 2 (2004)."
Christopher Nolan was an independent filmmaker with one low to mid-budget studio film to his name when he made his pitch to take on the Batman reboot at Warner Bros.… Continue reading "From Beginning to End – The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012)."
“Revenge is a dish best served cold.” – Ancient Klingon Proverb The quote that opens Quentin Tarantino’s fourth feature film, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is taken from Star Trek II: The… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino’s first 25 years, Part 4 – Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)."
1950s Japan was a very fertile period in time for movies with some of the greatest, most artistic films ever made being released. It was a time of Kurosawa, Ozu, Mifune, Honda and Mizoguchi, filmmakers… Continue reading "Seven Samurai (1954) – Kurosawa’s Beautiful Action Epic."
