Nostalgia

How do you write a love letter to a film that made up so much of your childhood, yet can never be seen in quite the same way again? So the loss of Robin Williams has tinged our childhood nostalgia with...

Welcome to the ‘80s is a new feature looking at the handling of various themes in ‘80s teen movies, from the classics to those less well remembered. Far from being simply the fun, frivolous romps they’re...

Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew Director: Steve Binder, David Acomba Writers: Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, Bruce Vilanch, Rod Warren, Mitzie...

Here's an opinion: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is better than The Temple of Doom. Gasp! Cries of "sacrilege!" ring out. Fights break out on zeppelins. Nazi faces melt off. Alright,...

When I was about seven or eight years old, I found myself perusing my grandparents’ shelf of VHS tapes. In amongst the Tommy Cooper compilations and boxes of Turkish Delight one tape caught my eye. It was...

“Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not widely reported.” Is there a more quotable film in the history of comedy? You might argue Anchorman, maybe Airplane!, but you’d be...

Unlike other entries in this series, The Day After Tomorrow isn’t particularly reviled; it grossed over $500 million and doesn’t fare terribly on either IMDb (rating: 6.4) or score aggregators like Rotten...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe needs no explanation. There's little doubt that even just the letters M, C, and U arranged in that order are enough to get the message across. That's a hefty monopoly on the...

It's nearly 30 years since James Cameron’s much celebrated Aliens (1986) hit our screens. A film which built on the premise pioneered in the first instalment, Aliens still represents the high watermark for...

In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy, written and directed by playwright Martin McDonagh. His feature debut, it centres on Irish hitmen Ken and Ray (Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell respectively). After a bungled...

Cast: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson Director: George Lucas Writer: George Lucas Estimated Budget: $113 million U.S. Gross: $380...

“We will meet again.” - And with these four words begins the unraveling of one of the best horror films of the last decade. In 2009 Sam Raimi returned to his wonderful, exciting and scintillating Evil...

Pop quiz, hot shot: is Speed the best action film of the nineties? Hint: the answer is not ‘Shoot the hostage.’ This is a film so high-concept that its title is able to sum up the plot in one word:...

Love trivia? Love six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Then you’ve come to the right place. Ten Degrees of Trivia combines the two to take you on a journey through the world of loosely connected facts, beginning and...

About halfway through Superman Returns, the Man of Steel says to Lois Lane: “You wrote that the world doesn’t need a saviour, but every day I hear people crying for one.” It’s pretty deep, and taps...