The Friday Night Post-Pub Movie was originally a place to celebrate those films you watch over and over again, rather than somewhere to try out new stuff. Luckily, the few times I’ve chanced my arm, it’s worked out alright. This time though, I may have pushed my luck a little too far; while it’s not [...]
Marriage equality in the United Kingdom is looking more and more likely as I type this. At long last, all people will have exactly the same rights, regardless of their sexual orientation, which is as it should be. The amount of backwards thinking about this topic really beggars belief – I mean, does it truly [...]
Contains Spoilers. I can’t pretend to be a lover of foreign films and it has to be something really special for me to read the sub-titles. The French production of Nil Le Dis a Personne (Tell No One) is just that. The film is closely based on the book of the same name, written by [...]
Still no new DVDs to review, so lets have another look at a film from Dwayne Johnson’s oeuvre. This week it is the 2010 release ‘Faster’. Will this be a film worthy of the People’s Champion? Or will we hit Rock Bottom? Let’s find out. Faster is a revenge thriller directed by George Tillman Jr. [...]
Sometimes, you just wanna sit in a comfy chair and watch a guy’s life go to shit, do you know what I mean? There’s a whole mini-genre of films that delight in putting their protagonist through the mill, what I like to call “the man has a bad day” films. They may be thrillers, comedies [...]
