Grave Misconduct: 21st Anniversary Edition
In 1990 I was the resident videographer at Bowes Lyon House, a youth centre and arts venue in my home town of Stevenage that would transform once a week into Thee…
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Steve Exeter
Gainsbourg
To be honest I wasn’t quite sure what the movie Gainsbourg was going to be like, surprisingly it's not the straight forward, reverential biopic that I was half expecting. In…
Sherlock Holmes
I grew up watching the constant reruns of the Universal Studios series of Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as the ace detective and Nigel Bruce as his exceedingly bumbling…
David Lynch
I discovered the art of David Lynch entirely by accident, although I had shown a keen interest in films from a relatively young age, I usually arrived at them by way of the star appearing in…
TWIN PEAKS: Fire Walk With Me
The original television airing of Twin Peaks in 1990 coincided with my recent interest in the films of David Lynch after renting a copy of Blue Velvet on video and…
Wild At Heart
When Wild At Heart was released at the cinema in 1990, I went to see it 3 times in the first week. That was the height of a strangely cool…
Rewatching Hello, Dolly! (1969): A Misunderstood Roadshow Gem
On my recent rewatch of Hello, Dolly! I was struck by how much more alive and charming it feels than its reputation suggests. For years it has been filed away…
Inland Empire
I was going to get around to reviewing Inland Empire on Blu-ray at some point but have been inspired to do so with a little more urgency by some surprisingly…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
It's surprisingly reassuring when a recent mainstream movie release based on source material from yesteryear actually transpires successfully to capture the original’s essence and intent without being reduced or reworked…
The Social Network
As a devotee of the landmark American serial drama The West Wing which ran for 7 years and focused on the day to day activities of the Oval Office and…
Frost/Nixon
Director Ron Howard's film version of Peter Morgan's play Frost/Nixon effectively captures the original stage performances of both Michael Sheen, as maverick reporter David Frost and Frank Langella, as ostracised…
Alice in Wonderland
I think Disney's 1951 version of Alice in Wonderland is not only my preferred adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories but probably my favourite cartoon from the studio’s "Golden Age" of colour animation feature…