Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
A year after they flew to Paris without their son at Christmas, the world’s worst parents do it again, this time jetting off to Florida with their impractically large extended […]
Tag Archives: John Williams
I’ve Never Seen… Home Alone
Around this time of year people are surprised to learn I’ve never seen Home Alone, to which I counter that I have walked past a Jo Malone. This 1990 child […]
I’ve Never Seen…The Last Crusade
Aqua’s favourite doctor (Harrison Ford) goes after the Holy Grail of ancient artefacts: the Holy Grail. He’s accompanied by a holy grey-old man, his father Henry Jones Snr (Sean Connery), […]
Lincoln
In January 1865 Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) seeks to pass the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in order to prohibit slavery before the end of the Civil […]
Hook
Some 80 years after Peter Pan’s famous adventures, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up has grown up into a corporate lawyer and neglectful father who has forgotten his youthful adventures. […]
Family Plot
A professional psychic and her cab driver boyfriend promise to track down an elderly woman’s last remaining heir in exchange for a hefty paycheck, but they get more than they […]
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 […]
The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno takes place in the tallest skyscraper ever built, whose exclusive opening party is gatecrashed by a massive fire. Every new perceived threat seems to generate a spate of disaster movies, warning […]
I’ve Never Seen… E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Welcome to a new feature, in which we review classics that we’d inexplicably never seen. It’s a bit like the Radio 4 show I’ve Never Seen Star Wars, except completely different and original […]
