20 July 2021
15 October 2021
#FLEMINGFRIDAY: Can we now talk of a ‘Craig Era’ in the 007 Film Series?
Answer: Yes. Unless he agrees to do a sixth film. He won’t. So Daniel’s five movies, over 15 years (well, 14, technically but anyway) = a time period; a cultural sequence and yes..an ‘ERA’. End of 😉 Last week, I made clear that though I tried to give...
13 October 2021
#midweekmovies with BATMAN. His best bits. On Film.
BATMAN CONTINUES/ AGAIN/4EVER..Here.. The list continues. Because BATMAN is that good! In no particular order, HERE..WE..GO! JOKER ATTACKS MUSEUM /BATMAN TO RESCUE/DESCENT INTO MYSTERYÂ (BATMAN ’89) So perfectly timed and edited and choreographed. Jack Nicholson uses his real life art expertise to dance around the Pinewood magnificence of the Gotham...
12 October 2021
What’s Wrong with this Picture? Part 2
An ongoing new series. In which I chart the decline of modern storytelling.. To be fair, it’s not just Hollywood. The slow death of culture is not even restricted to film. Case in point? Think British television. American readers, stay with me. It is all relevant or ‘connected’. This...
06 October 2021
Batman’s Best Moments on Film: Part 3
#midweekmovies. With BATMAN! Title says it all. Batman Continues. In no specific order.. I’M BATMAN! /BATMAN (1989) We take it for granted now as something that the character says when introducing himself. But this was the moment where it became a calling card. This has the menace of the...
03 October 2021
No Time to Spoil? Bond Movie SPOILER POINT post script /coda/back-up
DO NOT CLICK ON THIS PIECE IF YOU WISH TO AVOID SPOILERS! AND THESE ARE REAL SPOILERS. Not my usual ‘Bond goes gay’; ‘Bond fights a giant alien on the moon’, ‘Bond wakes up and is in fact an elderly man and the whole Craig era happened in the...
