“Hang on lads…” LFF checks out the ultimate The Italian Job book
Fifty years after cinema-goers first saw Michael Caine and his crew stage a daring getaway in three red, white and blue Mini Coopers,...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
Indiana Jones came from a conversation that Steven Spielberg had with George Lucas on a beach in Hawaii. Everyone knows that. He was...
Read MoreReview: Framing John Delorean – “A film about one of the true American Mavericks”
Framing John DeLorean is a meta-documentary/dramatisation of the saga of John DeLorean, the man who invented the DeLorean car (as seen in...
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 MoreEIFF 2019 Review: L’Empereur de Paris / The Emperor of Paris – “A classy, stylish, period crime movie”
Directed by Jean-François Richet Starring Vincent Cassel, Olga Kurylenko, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl, Denis Lavant, Freya Mavor...
Read MoreReview: Toy Story 4 – “Full of heart, humour and adventure”
It has been nine years since the last Toy Story movie and, when I first heard they were making a fourth film, I was worried that it would...
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 MoreEIFF 2019 Review – Liberté: A Call to Spy – “A remarkable film”
Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher Starring Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Andrew Richardson...
Read MoreReview: Toy Story 4 – “Funny and excitingly weird”
The gang of sentient playthings that everyone loves are back after a nine-year hiatus that has still not been long enough to get over the...
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...
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