Written and directed by Eric Sykes

Continue reading “Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980) and Mr H Is Late (1988)”“Rhubarb, rhubarb.”
Revisiting the dustiest films on the shelf
Written and directed by Eric Sykes
Continue reading “Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980) and Mr H Is Late (1988)”“Rhubarb, rhubarb.”
There’s a scene in The 40-Year-Old Virgin where characters are watching The Bourne Identity and Paul Rudd’s character states…
“Y’know, I always thought that Matt Damon was like a Streisand, but he’s rocking the shit in this one!”
It’s not a classic or even a classy quote, but it got me thinking about movie performances that changed my mind about a performer.
Continue reading “Performances that changed your mind”Another week, another By The Decade post to help expand my cinematic horizons and discover your recommendations from eras I might not be that familiar with.
Following the previous 3 From The 30s, 4 From The 40s and 5 From The 50s posts, and the brilliant suggestions from readers for their favourite films from the 1930s, the 1940s and the 1950s, there are loads of great suggestions for you to check out too in the By The Decades section.
As always, I’ll post an updated piece with reader recommendations later, but for now here are six of my favourites from the swinging sixties…
Continue reading “By The Decade: Six Great Films From The Sixties”First thing’s first, I was really pleased with the response to last week’s By The Decade piece, and had some terrific recommendations for movies from the 1930s. Thanks again if you contributed to that!
Next up, of course, is a look at some of my favourites from the 1940s, and a request to you to suggest your top films from that decade, in an effort to help me and anyone who reads this discover some great films we might not be aware of.
Here are four of my recommendations from the 1940s then…
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