Happy birthday Tom Hanks. The nicest man in Hollywood is 59 today and to celebrate here are my Top Ten Tom Hanks films.
Top Ten: Female Directed Films
10 June 2015 by Leave a Comment
As I get older I find myself becoming increasingly feminist in my opinions. I look around me and I see reports of women facing sexism in their daily lives, I watch Parliament and hear female MPs being told to “behave” by their male colleagues and I have to bite my tongue…
I Was A Male War Bride
26 March 2015 by 2 Comments
The easiest question in the world for me to answer is “Who is your favourite actor?” From the age of about six or seven the answer has been the same – Cary Grant. There are others I admire – James Stewart runs Grant a close second, Tom Hanks is always impressive…
Saving Mr Banks
6 February 2014 by Leave a Comment
Having missed Saving Mr Banks first time round at the cinema I’m thoroughly grateful to Cineworld for their Take-Two Thursdays policy where a recent film gets a one day reshowing for those of us who have been a bit tardy in our viewing…
Top Ten: Oscar 2014 Snubs
16 January 2014 by 5 Comments
The Oscar nominations were announced earlier and everyone has an opinion on them. Including, as it turns out, me. I haven’t seen all of the films nominated and with so many strong performances and the high level of technical craft on show I wouldn’t dream of second-guessing The Academy. Having said that…
Captain Phillips
25 November 2013 by Leave a Comment
One of my least favourite aspects of my own personality is that I can be a bit of a spoiler addict at times. I don’t ever (deliberately) share spoilers although my husband does have bad memories of our discussion about the first series of 24. No, I look for spoilers. I actively hunt them out…
Toy Story Trilogy
11 December 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s a well-worn cliché at this time of year that Christmas is really for children and that adults should take a back seat to kids. As an adult without kids I think that’s complete nonsense. The fewer children around the better, that gives more time for eating lots of chocolate and watching films uninterrupted…
Top Ten: Movie Santas
16 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
Christmas is a time for giving and sharing, and being with family. Most Christmas movies tend to focus on this sentiment, others are more action packed and involve buildings blowing up. It doesn’t matter to me which camp they fall into I love them all…
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Trailer
29 September 2011 by 7 Comments
It’s been a few years since I read Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It’s a book that I enjoyed while reading, but it hasn’t particularly stayed with me. I read it, liked it, moved on. It had totally left my radar until I saw the trailer….