On the eve of Remembrance Day I was thinking about what films I would watch tomorrow in honour of the men and women who gave their lives. I’ve had a long-standing love of war movies, and most men have the…
Category: Movie
I love movies, and sometimes I’m sufficiently impressed or disappointed to write about them.
Why post-apocalypse books and films matter
I love post-apocalypse movies, but to tell you the truth they scare the crap out of me. My interest in stories of this type used to be just out of fascination with an imaginary world, but as time has progressed…
The Pianist
I saw this movie on DVD recently and was duly impressed and moved by it. It’s won literally dozens of awards and it certainly deserves all of them. The story follows a Jewish pianist’s fight for bodily and mental survival…
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is one of those movies with something for everyone. I mean everyone. And I don’t mean the completely stupid “something for everyone” family movie crap that Disney churns out (like The Country Bears, for example). This is…
Favourite War Movies
To my mind, what makes a good war movie aside from the standard stuff that makes any movie good are two things: technical realism and a distinct lack of that American-style Hollywood bravado crap. A war movie without either of…
Signs
This latest production of M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) is a brilliant work. If you haven’t seen it you should do yourself a favour and go. Humourous, nailbiting, and profound. I, for one, am going to pay to…