Revisiting the dustiest films on the shelf
Not exactly a Late Review this, more just a few thoughts I wanted to share.
Over the festive period, I took in a few films that were new to me, rather than some of the dusty discs on my shelves, and a couple of them were belated sequels to beloved films.
Were they all good/satisfying/necessary? Read on and see if you disagree with me – and don’t worry, this is very spoiler-light!
Continue reading “A Mixed Bag Of Belated Sequels”A Special Feature by Carl Wilson
Following the recent Quick Read on children’s films that won’t make you wish you weren’t watching them (which led to some great suggestions from readers), here’s another which looks at a similar – and timely – topic.
June 11 marks the NSPCC’s first national Childhood Day – an event set up to celebrate the importance of play for the mental and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
Continue reading “Celebrating Childhood On Film This Childhood Day”As always, there’s been a lovely response on social media to this week’s Quick Read, with some great suggestions for more family films that won’t make you wish you weren’t watching them.
Here’s a list of recommendations for the next time the weather sucks…
Continue reading “Your favourite children’s movies it’s alright to watch without the kids”The saying goes that you can never have too much of a good thing, and it seems like Disney are doing their damndest to test that theory.
Since they own pretty much every popular cinematic intellectual property in history, they can churn out sequels, prequels, remakes and spin-offs to their hearts content, safe in the knowledge that however much the internet might grumble about it, the ones doing the grumbling are a built-in audience.
So while plans for a fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise might once have been dashed by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the fourth entry in the series (yes, there was a fourth one, you’ve just blocked it from your memory), that’s no longer the case.
Continue reading “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage… except it’s also the years.”
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