Dear Reader, while the ending for the Baudelaires is drawing near, while they continue to suffer needlessly, there is no reason you need to suffer as well. … Read more “A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Grim Grotto review”
Tag: film
Underground Review
Number 148 on the top 1000 films of all time is the epic Serbian comedy-drama Underground. Underground opens on friends Peter “Black” Popara (Lazar Ristovski) and Markon Aren (Miki… Read more “Underground Review”
17/03/25 – Southend Day Trip – A day of £7 fish and chips, heart-shaped poetry and the longest pleasure pier in the world
Read my Salisbury travelogue here. The nineteenth city on my list is the Essex city of Southend-Upon-Sea. You will find this city forty miles east of London.… Read more “17/03/25 – Southend Day Trip – A day of £7 fish and chips, heart-shaped poetry and the longest pleasure pier in the world”
Warrior review
Number 145 on the top 1000 films of all time is the 2011 sports drama Warrior. Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) and his estranged older brother Brendan (Joel Edgerton) used… Read more “Warrior review”
Les Diaboliques review
Number 144 on the top 1000 greatest films of all time is the 1955 French psychological thriller Les Diabolique. Michel Delasalle is the cruel, abusive and all-around mean-hearted headteacher… Read more “Les Diaboliques review”
Rebecca review
Number 139 on the top 1000 films of all time is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s earliest films: Rebecca. Based on Daphne DuMaurier’s book, Rebecca follows an unnamed young woman… Read more “Rebecca review”
Die Hard review
Number 138 on the top 1000 films of all time is the action block-buster Die Hard. John Mclane (Bruce Willis) is an NYPD, visiting his estranged wife, Holly Gennero-Mclane… Read more “Die Hard review”
A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Carnivorous Carnival Review
Dear Reader, we have come to the end of the second season of a Series of Unfortunate Events. In this series, the Baudelaire orphans have met bullies,… Read more “A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Carnivorous Carnival Review”
Judgement at Nuremberg review
Number 136 on the top 1000 films of all time is the 1961 courtroom drama, Judgement at Nuremberg. Inspired by the infamous Nuremberg Trials, Judgement at Nuremberg focusses on… Read more “Judgement at Nuremberg review”
A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Hostile Hospital review
Dear Reader, if you think that after seven installments, the lives of the Baudelaires would have improved, then you are sorely wrong. Within this sorry episode, the… Read more “A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Hostile Hospital review”
