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Liam Neeson. Jessica Lange. John Hurt. Brian Cox. Tim Roth. Eric Stoltz! At least three of those are among my all time favourite actors. How did I let Rob Roy slip through my grasp for so long? It is a film that doesn’t get many television appearances these days. The channels usually go forContinue reading “Film of the week: Rob Roy”

book of the month: The Nightcomers by Eric Ambler

I have long threatened to engage with this man’s work. He had been writing since the mid 1930s but this particular novel was published in ’56; just before Spymania was beginning to dominate the paperback shelves. I had led myself to believe that this is where Ambler’s work would reside. But from what IContinue reading “book of the month: The Nightcomers by Eric Ambler”

Film of the Week: We Are Your Friends

Let’s get one thing absolutely straight. Well, maybe two things. Number one, I know about as much about dance music as I do Caravaggio. That is to say, I am an admirer but no aficionado. And B, I like Zac Efron and rate him as a movie star. It’s important we get that out ofContinue reading “Film of the Week: We Are Your Friends”

SCRAPPERMANIA III

Are you ready? When the host for the evening asks you the question you have to say yes. Even though you have no idea what’s going to happen, no clue as to how these players of pavlovian theatre will draw you into their mad, magical world. I am a wrestling fan, albeit slightlyContinue reading “SCRAPPERMANIA III”

Film of the week: Breakdown

Sometimes when I’m watching old films at home with the folks I feel it’s out of a sense of duty. Who else from my generation for example would watch Tom Selleck without a moustache or Brian Dennehy being sinister if not me? These are made for TV movies however. The likes of Ike & ToContinue reading “Film of the week: Breakdown”

FILM OF THE WEEK: OFFICE SPACE

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FILM OF THE WEEK: OFFICE SPACE

It’s funny how some films pass you by. It’s much more difficult to miss things these days with media coming at you from multiple angles. Or maybe that’s the problem. Office Space will be familiar to a generation of meme enthusiasts, perhaps more so than the film itself. Its chief protagonist in these images isContinue reading “FILM OF THE WEEK: OFFICE SPACE”

Beyond Caravaggio

There is a lot to be said for going to an art museum. Especially on weekdays if you manage it. Unfortunately, times being as they are, there will be a strategically placed gift shop for you to negotiate. Once you have either ignored or surrendered to all those Da Vinci fridge magnet’s however, you’re intoContinue reading “Beyond Caravaggio”

Film of the week: Get Out

I have no great affection for the horror genre overall. That is to say if I hear a film is good and it happens to be a horror, I’ll go and watch that bad boy. Though I wouldn’t actively seek such films out over, say a crime drama. I often think I might be missingContinue reading “Film of the week: Get Out”