A few months ago, a friend tagged me in one of those '10 day film challenge' things on Facebook, where you're meant to share a picture of your ten favourite films over ten days. They're fun, but for people like me, a little daunting. I basically love film lists (and book lists, and art lists...), …
The One Difference Between Good and Bad Producers
Being a good producer takes a lot of guts. Generally speaking, I think film and TV producers get a bad wrap. We envision them as ruthless, mercenary sharks with no respect for the creative process, just the bottom line. But good producers couldn’t be further from that stereotype. (And that’s not to say there aren’t …
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The 5 Christmas Movies I’ll Be Watching For the First Time This Christmas
So you may well have seen my previous post where I shared the five Christmas movies I'm looking forward to re-watching these holidays. Well, I have a terrible confession. There are a LOT of Christmas films I've never bothered with, but I think I probably should. Like I've said before, I love the festive …
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The 5 Christmas Movies I’ll Be Re-Watching This Christmas
I love the festive season. It’s always a good time of year to catch up on reading, movies, sunshine and cheese-eating. Or, of course, to reacquaint yourself with some old favourites – books, films, relatives, etc. Here are my five favourite festive flicks that I heartily look forward to re-viewing over the holidays. …
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Review: The Babadook (Film, 2014)
In which I share my Friday the 13th movie for this year, a horror film about the mind’s ability to bring the shadows of grief and worry to life. I didn’t exactly plan to make yesterday’s Friday the 13th a scary movie night! I really wanted to see The Babadook but really did not …
Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Rise of Electro (Film, 2014)
In which I rediscover my fear of heights and give away a spoiler. But just the one, and if you look at the film’s title, you’ll probably guess what it’s going to be anyway. Above: Columbia Pictures' official trailer I recently started working my way through Neil Gaiman’s seminal Sandman graphic novel (i.e. ‘comic book’) …
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