Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
This is a bit like defending the indefensible. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is not a good film, it’s a good book, but not a good film, […]
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Man of Steel
I like (despite my hatred of the overuse of CGI) Zack Snyder. Watchman was a decent attempt and the effects heavy Sucker Punch is a […]
Out of the Furnace
Out of the Furnace from 2013 doesn’t work, people have compared it to The Deer Hunter, but you need to set your expectations a lot […]
Ghosts of Mars
John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars is a trouble film. In that, the first time I saw it I thought what the hell is a great […]
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Compact, economical, rousing, funny and great cinematic storytelling… I could be talking about a film by Anthony Mann from the golden age of Hollywood or […]
Way of the Dragon
Yes, a guilty pleasure. Way of the Dragon is my favourite Bruce Lee film. It’s also a film Bruce wrote and directed himself. Set in […]
The Outsiders
Silly, but after writing about Rumblefish, I felt I had to write about The Outsiders. The two films were made back to back by Coppola, […]
Rumblefish
We all love Francis, and I think his career is one of the closest to Welles’ in the modern day. Yet, Welles never gave up […]