Review – Spider-Man: Far From Home – “A missed opportunity”
Spider-Man: Far From Home has an opening that’s every bit as jarring and befuddled as Captain Marvel. I’m a Russo Fanboy (Seriously, their...
Read MoreAn animated Gremlins prequel series is heading our way
Joe Dante’s 1984 classic, Gremlins, is getting an animated prequel series. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai is moving forward at the...
Read MoreEIFF 2019 Review: The Dead Don’t Die – “It’s funny, it’s silly, it’s horror, it’s fantasy, it’s comedy”
Directed by Jim Jarmusch Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, Carol...
Read MoreSecret Cinema announces further tickets for Stranger Things
Secret Cinema has announced that further tickets have been added for its previously sold-out production of the critically-acclaimed...
Read MoreEIFF 2019 Review: Aniara – “Unusual and highly compelling”
Directed by Pella Kågerman Starring Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini Another day, another Edinburgh...
Read MoreSpielBLOG – Twilight Zone: The Movie – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
In the 1980s, the TV spin-off movie was relatively rare. Star Trek: The Motion Picture and its sequel The Wrath of Khan had been...
Read MoreEIFF 2019 Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien – “An exploration of the myriad of people involved in the gestation of this now-iconic film”
Hard to believe, but here we are in the last third of June and that means Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) time. My first...
Read MoreReview: Child’s Play – “Mark Hamill is brilliant”
The new take on 80s slasher Child’s Play is directed by Norwegian Lars Klevberg (Polaroid) from a script written by Tyler Burton Smith...
Read MoreReview – Men In Black: International – “Enjoyable but forgettable”
Men In Black. I always like the concept of that shadowy figure who would turn up after a UFO sighting and menacingly tell the witness to...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
I don’t cry watching movies. I weep. Sometimes inconsolably. Certain classic movies can press my buttons in a way that isn’t...
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