Sunday Afternoon Movie: Stay Tuned [1992]

Dec 16, 2012 No Comments

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 [...]

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Sunday Afternoon Movie: Arachnophobia [1990]

Dec 02, 2012 No Comments

There’s a very good reason I don’t own a copy of this superb horror comedy from 1990 on DVD, I saw this at the cinema aged 9 and endured this on video a year later but I have actively avoided re-watching this film out of sheer terror. However, this week I found myself scrolling through [...]

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Christmas Movie Challenge: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation [1989]

Sep 23, 2012 No Comments

One man, 52 Christmas movies, one must be watched every week or the challenge is lost. Welcome to The Christmas Movie Challenge. Regular readers will be aware that the Jellyfielders are taking part in this years 48 Hour Film Project London, on Friday night the challenge started and in the two days since we have [...]

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Sunday Afternoon Movie: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [2012]

Aug 26, 2012 No Comments

Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkenson, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton and Maggie Smith. Sadly that’s not the confirmed cast for Expendables 3 (that would be called The Lovables), but these marvelous British thespians are all brought together for John Madden’s Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. I”m not ashamed to admit that I wanted to see this [...]

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Sunday Afternoon Movie: The Mummy (1999)

Jul 08, 2012 No Comments

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 [...]

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