A couple of years ago I listed my Top Ten films from 2001, a post that was inspired by a Facebook discussion. As I’ve not been making it to the cinema as often as I’d life recently, I’ve decided to repeat the exercise for a few different years – it might even come to be a series as I approach my 40th birthday…
Top Ten: 2001 Films
13 September 2013 by 2 Comments
A couple of weeks ago on a Facebook film discussion page someone posted a challenge for me to name my Top Ten films of 2001. I could have just left a comment on the page with the list but thought why not go the whole hog and actually write a post. 2001 wasn’t a classic year in film and saw the release of Freddy Got Fingered, Pearl Harbor and Planet of the Apes…
Top Ten: 2013 Movies (so far…)
21 June 2013 by 2 Comments
We’re almost half-way through the year so it’s time to have a look back at how 2013 has been so far. Next week I’ll be doing a Top Ten books that I’ve read this year (although not all have been published in 2013) but I’m starting with the Top Ten 2013 Films…
Brave
29 April 2013 by Leave a Comment
One of the talking points of this year’s Oscars was whether or not the correct film won the Best Animated Feature category. Almost inevitably the Academy Award went to Pixar for their latest film – Brave. Fans of Aardman Animation’s The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists were outraged…
Quartet
10 January 2013 by Leave a Comment
One actor I always think comes across as a (relatively) normal guy is Dustin Hoffman. His performances are always very good and in interviews he is invariably charming and personable. He manages to keep his personal life as private as is possible for a Hollywood star and most of all whenever I see him in discussion he seems, for want of a better phrase, a nice man …