The trouble with kids films is that by and large they are for kids, each new bright and shiny animated or live action movie released has been meticulously designed to appeal to youngsters but that doesn’t stop us grown-ups enjoying them as well. Aardman Animations has a natural home on a Sunday afternoon, their warm [...]
There are few films worthy of a second visit to the Sunday Afternoon Movie but this is no ordinary film as this year marks it’s 25th anniversary release. This ultimate Sunday movie is given a blu ray makeover befitting royalty and fully loaded with brand new special features. Rob Reiner’s Princess Bride is a cheeky [...]
Chris – my esteemed We Love Movies compatriot and the usual author of the Sunday Afternoon Movie column – and I have different ideas about what makes a good Sunday Afternoon Movie. Where – for him – a Sunday afternoon is a specific time that requires a specific type of movie, I find that the [...]
Sunday afternoon is a magical time of the week, the Monday blues have yet to sink in, a roast dinner of some kind has been consumed and a dose of the sleepy Sundays are desperately trying to take hold. There’s no better time to revisit forgotten movies or to give a second chance to something [...]
Putting a fresh spin on the Arthur Conan Doyle character, this incarnation has Dr Watson as the real master detective and Sherlock Holmes is actually a drunkard named Reginald Kincaid, an actor who Watson hired to bring his fictitious creation to life. After Watson fires Kincaid in a fit of jealously he attempts to get [...]
