Movie Review – Flashback

Flashback France (2021) Dir. Caroline Vigneaux “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it” Ever since the #MeToo movement, equality for women has been a major issue in most societies across the globe, with some countries still sadly dragging their heels in doing their bit. One thing you would expect is …

Movie Review – Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch UK (1960) Dir. Robert Day You can’t be in two places at once - unless you are an alien able to create some kind of spiritual teleportation of yourself and have it project in a different location to the one you are currently in. Or you could build a robot twin of …

Movie Review – I’m All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack UK (1959) Dir. John Boulting “You appear to do more work when you’re on strike!” With Britain currently in the grip of strike fever and the Tory government, unwilling to meet the demands of the disgruntled workers, remaining curled up in their comfy ivory towers subsidised by the tax payer, the …

Movie Review – Brian And Charles

Brian And Charles UK (2022) Dir. Jim Archer The premise of John Hughes’s 80’s teen comedy Weird Science saw what some of us wish we could do - build our own girlfriend. As tawdry as that sounds today, I’m sure there are many other lonely people who still have that dream. And if not a …

Movie Review – My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey US (1936) Dir. Gregory La Cava Whatever it is money can buy, one thing it can’t buy you class, which explains why those who have wealth are inherently entitled and assume a misguided sense of superiority over the rest of us. Who needs a silver spoon when they are born when integrity …

Movie Review – The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again UK (1976) Dir. Blake Edwards We’ve all upset people in our time, but hopefully not to the point that they would want to kill us. Generally, we never know just how badly we have upset them or how fragile their psyche is that they would want to exact such extreme …

Movie Review – A Shot In The Dark

A Shot In The Dark UK (1964) Dir. Blake Edwards When a murder has been committed and you are the police responding to the call, you send your best man to investigate the case right? It stands to reason. What you don’t do is send the one person most liable to make a complete hash …

Anime Review – Hinamatsuri

Hinamatsuri (Cert 12) 2 Discs Blu-ray + Digital Copy (Distributor: Funimation) Running time: 288 minutes approx. There are many combinations in life that have little to no chance of actually working, like fish and gravy, or Tories and the truth. Fortunately, we live in a world where anime exists and they thrive on taking disparate …

Movie Review – Days Of The Bagnold Summer

Days Of The Bagnold Summer UK (2019) Dir. Simon Bird Parents vs. teenagers is an age old war (at least since Rock & Roll created the teenager in the ‘50s) that will continue to be waged as long as parents give birth to teenagers. This is where the divide in the bond between parent and …

Movie Review – The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther US (1963) Dir. Blake Edwards Anyone reading this of a certain vintage will have two images in their mind upon seeing the title The Pink Panther - either the madcap antics of the inexplicably ranked Inspector Clouseau or the silent cartoon character with his own TV show who drove a flashy sports …