The Dead Zone
If I were producing a film, I’d choose David Cronenberg to direct, Stephen King to write and Christopher Walken to star. Which pretty much makes The Dead Zone my ideal movie. After […]
Tag Archives: Dan Meier
The Poseidon Adventure
A New Year’s Eve celebration on an ocean liner is brought to a watery halt when the ship capsizes. Which is still preferable to most New Year’s Eve parties. Another huge production by […]
Carol
“Oh Carol,” Chuck Berry once sang, “don’t let him steal your heart away.” Or her, in the case of this romance based on Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt. Carol tells […]
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 3D
I think this yoghurt is haunted. That’s the last time I buy Paranormal Activia. I’ve wasted enough time complaining about found footage films, so I’ll spare you another rant about watching […]
Steve Jobs
From the writer of The Social Network comes the story of a socially inept inventor who founded a giant tech company. Who says Hollywood has no new ideas? Steve Jobs […]
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Our Marithon continues with 1954’s There’s No Business Like Show Business, the story of a Vaudeville family-act called The Five Donahues – like the Osmonds but with Ethel Merman instead […]
Son of Rambow
From Be Kind Rewind to Super 8, there have been a few movies about amateur filmmaking in recent years. But there’s nothing amateur about Son of Rambow, the 2007 comedy written and directed by […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Everybody’s favourite dystopian gameshow is back – but enough about The Apprentice, here’s the final Hunger Games movie. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is too long, both as a title […]
Bonnie and Clyde
This 1967 classic tells the story of Bonnie and Clyde, the Depression-era outlaws with one simple objective: “We rob banks.” Arthur Penn’s movie humanises Bonnie and Clyde without glamorising them. […]
Psych-Out
Psych-Out is a 1968 psychedelic drama directed by Richard Rush, and Richard rushed to get the movie made in time to cash in on the Summer of Love. The film […]
Screen Goblin 