This week I had been playing catch up, no matter how many hours in the day there are you just can’t get it all done. I narrowly made this week’ entry in the Christmas Movie Challenge and watched a film so easy going you barely knew it was there. I just didn’t have it in [...]
Animation doesn’t often make it onto the pages of the Sunday Afternoon Movie, but I simply couldn’t resist the charms of Wes Anderson’s take of the beloved Roald Dahl classic. The books of Roald Dahl had a big impact on my young life, and chances are you have read and loved one of his many [...]
The summer of 1999 holds a special place in my heart, I had started working at a cinema, everybody was highly anticipating the release of The Matrix, Notting Hill had been a huge success, Cruel Intentions reworked a classic for the modern world and George Lucas opted to destroy his legacy with the first of [...]
The tragic news of Filmmaker and author Nora Ephron’s passing early this week was a sad day in Hollywood. The celebrated writer/director had been battling acute myeloid leukaemia for some time. The three time Oscar nomine wrote classic romantic comedies such as When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle as well as 2009’s Julie and [...]
Why did it take me so long to get around to watching Goonies! This was one of the defining films of my childhood; as somewhat of an outsider in my youth the exploits of a group treasure-seeking kids was appealing to my adventurous nature. Drawing my inspiration from this movie, when I was about 11 [...]
