Well that’s it, Christmas 2012 is over, the decorations have now come down, the tree is outside in the cold wondering what it did wrong and the over indulgence has taken its toll on bathroom scales everywhere. It was on this day 12 months ago that I watched Love Actually and decided I wanted that [...]
No Christmas break is complete for me without watching an epic from the past, this year’s choice being Zulu. As most will know the movie is about the defence of Rorke’s Drift, a small missionary outpost on the Natal border. A hundred or so British soldiers defended the outpost against an army of Impi Zulus [...]
If you are looking for a thriller with a Christmas theme why not try The Odessa File. Of course the story has little to do with Christmas but the theme music is the infectious song Christmas Dream composed by the Webber/Rice duo and sung by smoothie Perry Como. Our hero played by the everlasting Jon [...]
Someone in my close-knit circle will for certain receive, as a present, a made for Christmas, modern-day Comedian, laugh when I say f***, overpriced and puerile DVD which after the watershed hour I will be expected to endure. Mind you I won’t mind so much if it’s Al Murray as at least he promotes real [...]
I had hoped to catch this at the cinema when it was released last year but didn’t get around to it, with a couple of movies left in this challenge I couldn’t pass up the chance to watch it. Finding a fresh angle for a Christmas movie is a challenge in itself, but leave it [...]
