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SpielBLOG: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 28, 2019 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Indiana Jones came from a conversation that Steven Spielberg had with George Lucas on a beach in Hawaii. Everyone knows that. He was...

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Review: Framing John Delorean – “A film about one of the true American Mavericks”

Review: Framing John Delorean – “A film about one of the true American Mavericks”

Posted by on Jun 28, 2019 in All, documentary, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Framing John DeLorean is a meta-documentary/dramatisation of the saga of John DeLorean, the man who invented the DeLorean car (as seen in...

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EIFF 2019 Review: The Dead Don’t Die – “It’s funny, it’s silly, it’s horror, it’s fantasy, it’s comedy”

Posted by on Jun 25, 2019 in action, All, comedy, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Directed by Jim Jarmusch Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, Carol...

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EIFF 2019 Review: L’Empereur de Paris / The Emperor of Paris – “A classy, stylish, period crime movie”

EIFF 2019 Review: L’Empereur de Paris / The Emperor of Paris – “A classy, stylish, period crime movie”

Posted by on Jun 24, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Directed by Jean-François Richet Starring Vincent Cassel, Olga Kurylenko, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl, Denis Lavant, Freya Mavor...

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Review: Toy Story 4 – “Full of heart, humour and adventure”

Review: Toy Story 4 – “Full of heart, humour and adventure”

Posted by on Jun 23, 2019 in action, All, comedy, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

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...

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EIFF 2019 Review: Aniara – “Unusual and highly compelling”

EIFF 2019 Review: Aniara – “Unusual and highly compelling”

Posted by on Jun 23, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Directed by Pella Kågerman Starring Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini Another day, another Edinburgh...

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EIFF 2019 Review – Liberté: A Call to Spy – “A remarkable film”

EIFF 2019 Review – Liberté: A Call to Spy – “A remarkable film”

Posted by on Jun 23, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews, thriller, war | 2 comments

Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher Starring Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Andrew Richardson...

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Review: Toy Story 4 – “Funny and excitingly weird”

Review: Toy Story 4 – “Funny and excitingly weird”

Posted by on Jun 21, 2019 in action, All, animated, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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...

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SpielBLOG – Twilight Zone: The Movie – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG – Twilight Zone: The Movie – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 21, 2019 in All, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller, TV | 0 comments

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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EIFF 2019 Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien – “An exploration of the myriad of people involved in the gestation of this now-iconic film”

EIFF 2019 Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien – “An exploration of the myriad of people involved in the gestation of this now-iconic film”

Posted by on Jun 21, 2019 in action, All, documentary, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Hard to believe, but here we are in the last third of June and that means Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) time. My first...

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