ROMEO + JULIET (aka – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET)

1996 DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann May Contain Spoilers! "A tale of two houses, Both a like in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene. Two star-crossed lover take their lives..." Not the best way to begin your love story, but this is how things were done in 16th Century, English theatre. But is a…

STAR WARS: EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE

1977 (Theatrical Version (STAR WARS) 1977/1997 (Special Edition) 1977/2004 (Enhanced Special Edition) 1977/2011 (Blu-ray Enhanced Special Edition) DIRECTOR: George Lucas May Contain Spoilers! Is there really much left to say about Star Wars, seriously? This is the most famous Science Fiction film of all time and well deserved too. The simple story of a farm…

A BRIEF & PERSONAL HISTORY OF CINEMA…

OVERTURE Self indulgent though this story may appear, this is surely the purpose of blogging. I normally regale you all with my views on film, and have gone onto comment about issues within the genre which have caught my interest, but this is about as personal as I can get. This is the story of how…

INDEPENDENCE DAY (aka ID4) (SPECIAL EDITION) (1996) – REVIEW

  1996/1998 (Theatrical Version)(Special Edition) DIRECTOR: Roland Emerich Independence Day to me, was the film which heralded in the days of explosive blockbuster. Where it was not just the case that the world was not safe, and than anything could happen, more of a time when as much a possible needed to happen. Monument after…

TITANIC (1997)

1997 TOP TEN FILM! It's been little over 12 years since I first saw this movie and it still packs a punch. Yes, granted, it's fairy tale scripting and glossing texture have certainly left their marks on it, and left it open to ever growing criticism, but it is that that makes it such a…

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1997 9/10 One of the seemingly forgotten greats of Sci Fi. Heavily grounded in fact and philosophical debate, this is a must see for anyone with a taste for the inteligent blockbuster.