Author: Rob Williams
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Rewatch Review – Calendar Girls
During this autumn I’ve had the pleasure of hosting RunPee Jilly. She had had enough of sunny San Diego and came to stay in wet and windy Wallasey for a bit. This time of year, we’re only allowed forty two minutes of sunshine a day so, as you might guess, we’ve spent a lot of…
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Indie Movie Review – Dear Elizabeth (2022)
Who amongst us hasn’t had a crush on someone? It might be someone who is actually a part of your daily life or, as in Dear Elizabeth, it could be someone who you can only worship from afar. I have to admit that I have an enormous soft spot for Victoria Coren Mitchell for a…
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Christmas Movie Review – Spirited
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Same as buses! Wait ages for one and then they all start to arrive at once. So it is with Christmas films. Last week I had a look at Christmas In The Caribbean and now I have to add another to our Christmas film hub…Spirited. Apple Studios have produced a new adaptation of A Christmas…
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Movie Review – Living
Not every remake of a Japanese film has to be a horror, sci-fi, or action story. Godzilla, The Ring, and The Magnificent Seven may be the best known English language remakes of Japanese films but they don’t have to be loud, brash, and adrenaline fuelled to be considered for a language switch remake…Living proves the…
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Indie Movie Review – The Scottish Play
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in IndependentLet’s face it…films are supposed to be enjoyable. Well, that’s my opinion anyway. I haven’t done any real research but my guess is that most audiences tend to be fairly evenly divided by those who find Shakespeare enjoyable and those who don’t. Some were put off by having to learn it in school, some were…
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Christmas Indie Movie Review – Christmas In The Caribbean
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And so it rolls around again…Christmas! I can’t complain too much though; I’ve already seen three houses with their trees up and Asda have had mince pies on sale since September. Hell’s teeth, hot cross buns are on sale! I know that a lot of people take the completion of Halloween as the starting pistol…
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Best Of British Biographies – Leslie Phillips
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in BiographyYet again I have my rigorously scheduled writing plans thrown to the wind by another death. Believe it or believe it not, I do plan these things! This time it is not such a surprise though. Leslie Phillips CBE was ninety eight years old and had been ill for some time. Perhaps he isn’t as…
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RunPee Black Panther Hub
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Black Panther resonated for a number of reasons and the inevitable sequel was eagerly awaited. Then the real world took over with the untimely death of Chadwick Boseman. Speculation was rife as to the direction that would be taken: would the part of T’Challa be recast or would his absence be addressed in some way.…
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Best Of British Biographies – Emma Thompson
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in BiographyWho knows who she could have been. God, an FBI trainee, a bunny boiler, and, arguably, the world’s most famous flasher. Instead she’s been the Prime Minister, the First Lady, a professor, and a number of queens. “What is the daft old fool rabbiting on about now?” you’re probably wondering. Quite simply, those are some…
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Halloween Movie Classics – The Haunting – 1963
As we’re still hurtling towards the spooky season of Halloween I thought it appropriate to write a few words on another of my favourite scary films. This time it is Robert Wise’s 1963 masterpiece The Haunting. At the risk of being repetitive, it is the 1963 version I’m talking about NOT the woeful 1999 remake…
