The local papers are making a lot of fuss about the Crawley multiplex opening an IMAX screen next month. On the face of it this is a good thing. At the moment there are only 19 IMAX screens in the UK, so it is a bit of a coup. The only worrying thing is that […]
Entries Tagged as 'Films'
IMAX coming to Crawley – or is it?
February 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on IMAX coming to Crawley – or is it? · Life, Technology
Cowboys and Zombies
November 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Cowboys and Zombies · Life
Zombie films seem to be like zombies themselves. No matter how many you deal with there are always more poping up all over the place. Today I watched Cowboys and Zombies, which has been knocking around the house for a few weeks but which I kept putting off watching because it didn’t look like it […]
Dirty Harry completion
November 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Dirty Harry completion · Life
I watched the last two Dirty Harry films this evening, while Jayne was up at the hospital visiting Frankie. A few good set pieces. I had forgotten all about the Bullitt homage car chase with the radio-controlled car in The Dead Pool, Harry with his BFG in Sudden Impact and the boardwalk shootout. Really it […]
Make my day
November 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Make my day · Life
I decided that this week I would watch all the Dirty Harry movies from the box set – a maternal birthday present. Yesterday it was the original Dirty Harry and tonight it was Magnum Force and The Enforcer. Later in the week it will be Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool and then I’ll round […]
Tags: Films
City Island
May 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on City Island · Life
I recently watched the film City Island on DVD, another goodie from Amazon’s Vine programme.  One of the real pleasures of the scheme is that it leads me to films, books or music I might otherwise have never heard of but which end up giving me much more pleasure than ones I have been eagerly […]
Operation:Endgame
March 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Operation:Endgame · Life
This evening we sat down to watch a DVD that Amazon kindly sent us – Operation:Endgame.  Having heard nothing about it, I wasn’t expecting much, but it turned out to be hugely enjoyable with some great performances, notably from Rob Cordory Here is what I wrote about it:
Mega Piranha
March 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life
Conscious that I am failing miserably to watch more TV this year, I watched a few programmes I had recorded on V+ tonight, including the nail-biting quarter-final of University Challenge between Oxford Brookes and York. After that I had a quick look on the EPG and saw that the film Mega Piranha was just starting […]
Black
March 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Black · Life
Last week I watched a film called Black. I knew nothing about it beforehand, but really enjoyed it. Plenty of action, and it didn’t outstay its welcome at all. Here is what I wrote about it on Amazon.
The Expendables
February 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Expendables · Life
Following an afternoon spent haemorrhaging money at the opticians, we watched The Expendables on DVD on Saturday evening. It is almost a dictionary definition of ‘star-studded’ and boasts a cast featuring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Micky O’Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham and Steve Austin. An action film with some of the […]
Revenge is sweet
February 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life
Over the weekend I watched two films on DVD which turned out to be variations on the same theme: revenge. Both are stories of somebody left for dead by a group of people, but who survives and returns to get their revenge. The films were I Spit On Your Grave and 22 Bullets. Both were […]