13 August 2021
#TBT Why do I go on about Citizen Kane?
..Because that film IS Cinema!.. Potted film school. If you have not watched CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles; 1941)? Then you are missing out. Big time! Here’s why: It’s accessible. Contrary to popular narrative, this is not some elevated lengthy brain challenge. The movie is concise, clear and purposeful. A fast...
23 September 2021
#WTAF @ #TBT : What is in THAT Briefcase in PULP FICTION?
Weird Theories about Film (WTAF). PULP FICTION. On a Twitter day where this movie title is trending? Makes sense to revisit this old question. WHAT IS IN THAT BRIEFCASE? What we know: it glows when opened and people seem shocked when they see its contents. Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames)...
08 September 2021
#TBT: BATMAN CREATED VIRAL MARKETING?
HOLY GENIUS MOVIE ADVERT IDEAS, BATMAN! It’s been six and a half years or so since I started doing this. And I remember that one of the simultaneous selling points and drawbacks when the acquisition happened was they word, ‘viral’. The term remains pervasive in our culture so...
#TBT: SUPERBAD!
I ruddy LOVE this film. Here’s why: Like the best gross out naughty teen comedies / 20-230 something coming of age farce? It has HEART and WARMTH. For all the masturbatory references, porno in jokes, bodily function mishaps and perving? This is a film about friendship and...
12 August 2021
#WTAF (Weird Theories about Film). 4 Weddings and a Funeral is a Ghost /Horror Movie?
Commencing a Revisionist series. Notice, the key word here is THEORY. Possibly voiced elsewhere. MAYBE just mine. But by no means beyond possibility.. I was thinking recently about FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Why did my mind jump there? I was at a lovely wedding last weekend. Adorable...
