Some films have such an influence on you it can feel like there was never a time in your life that you hadn’t seen it; you’d been born knowing its nuances and meanings, almost like a parent in the way it helped to form your beliefs.
I’m sure I’m not the only one for whom Jaws was their first experience in true terror. After its release, a whole generation of kids were suddenly petrified of going into the sea […]
After the swashbuckling adventure of A New Hope and the dark turn taken with The Empire Strikes Back, there was feverish anticipation to see where the ‘Star Wars’ universe would go next.
Relinquishing directorial duties once again, this time to relative rookie Richard Marquand, ‘Return of the Jedi’ remains a bit of an oddity. It’s cute, fun, silly, adventurous, but marks the beginning of the decline of ‘Star Wars’ under George Lucas […]
We live in an age of instant gratification; the 21st century world waits for nothing.
If a sequel, tie in or teaser trailer isn’t released within a year of the original then you’ve missed the boat. Moviegoers had to wait three years before […]
A long time ago . . . in a galaxy far, far away . . .
For me, and many others, that ‘long time ago’ was a childhood defined by the exploits of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and their Guardians of the Galaxy style, dysfunctional group of androids […]
Despite a mixed critical reception for the culturally offensive ‘Temple of Doom’, audiences’ lapped up the experience of a third Indiana Jones movie. After a brief hiatus to focus on more serious fare in the form of The Colour Purple, Empire of the Sun […]
The beauty of coming up with a character who was originally conceived as James Bond without the gadgets is that you can treat him like Bond. As long as you can come up with a situation, a new location, some new characters and a new dilemma within which to place your hero […]
Some things go perfectly together…cheese and wine, salt and vinegar, Tango and Cash, and for me, Steven Spielberg’s game changing blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark will forever be synonymous with Bank Holidays […]
