A Special Feature by John Featherstone.

Continue reading “Sailing Into The Danger Zone – Passage To Marseille (1944)”“I want to reach the danger zone by nightfall…”
Revisiting the dustiest films on the shelf
A Special Feature by John Featherstone.
Continue reading “Sailing Into The Danger Zone – Passage To Marseille (1944)”“I want to reach the danger zone by nightfall…”
Directed by John Badham
Continue reading “The Jack Bull (1999)”“A church with no roof. Like the Almighty bragging his head off.”
A Special Feature by Vikki Layton.
Anyone who has ever bought a DVD or Blu Ray knows that sometimes the best stuff on the disc might not be the main feature, but some of the deeper-dive material on disc two (long live physical media!).
Here at Late Reviewer, the new Special Features are pieces written by friends and followers about films, themes, characters, performers… whatever they want to write about, really.
Continue reading “Special Features: An Introduction & Invitation”A couple of nice responses to this week’s Quick Read, looking for some of your favourite film cameos – here you go, and thanks to everyone who offered their suggestions!
Continue reading “Your Favourite Film Cameos”There’s an argument that any cameo you notice could pull you out of the film and ruin your viewing experience, and there’s a truth to that.
In my opinion though, there’s a time and a place for a great cameo – and they often work best in films that might not take themselves too seriously.
That’s what we’re looking at with this week’s Quick Read… and one that might not have aged so well.
Continue reading “A couple of fun cameo appearances”Today marks the six-month anniversary of Late Reviewer, and I wanted to take a few minutes just to look back at what’s happened over the last half-year.
Continue reading “Late Reviewer: The First Six Months”Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch
Continue reading “Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (1999)”“I’m your retainer. I don’t mean you no disrespect. Sorry, I don’t want to put too many holes in you.”
When I started Late Reviewer, my intention was to channel all the negativity I’d been feeling during the pandemic into something positive and creative, and engage with a new community on social media.
While it hasn’t quite rid me of all my negative energy, I’ve been delighted with the response to the site on social media (Twitter especially) – I’ve had really nice chats with really nice people on all things film, but the response to the weekly By The Decade pieces have been particularly overwhelming.
Continue reading “By The Decade: What’s Next?”Here we are then, the final reader recommendation list for By The Decade, and it’s another good one.
I’m going to keep this brief and go back over some lists for a sort of By The Decade roundup at a later date (you can find them all right here), but until then here are my choices from the 2010s and your picks are below…
Continue reading “By The Decade: Your Films From The… Teenies?”