The dark nights are drawing in, the shadows are getting longer and someone is blowing on the back of your neck! DO NOT turn around, go into the basement / attic, or say "I'll be right back!" Also watch out for strangers in hats, creepy kids, loners, clowns and anyone with bulging eyes... because it … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Scary Movies
I would watch Emma Stone in almost anything. Her eyes are mesmerising, as is the quirky soul behind them. I find her instincts as a performer impossible to ignore. Something about her is just beyond what most people are capable of giving out, either as an actor or a person. She is smart, funny, modest, … Continue reading Maniac
Charlie Kaufman, man! Mad as a bus! But also a bone fide genius, in my book. And I do have a book. Has done for writing movies what David Lynch has done for directing them. Always interesting and worthy of conversation. Always accessible? Not so much. And this quirky gem is perhaps his zenith or … Continue reading I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Jessie Buckley. What an interesting CV in only a few years! Her name kept popping up, and having lived in Glasgow for a decade, it was not rare to bump into folk who knew her or knew of her. Even a few actors I knew locally had been involved in the making of Wild Rose, … Continue reading Wild Rose
There is only one real talking point when coming to this quirky little movie, and that, of course, is the overdue recognition of one of Hollywood's finest actresses over the last dozen years. Yes, the impeccable talent of Jessica Chastain finally won her Oscar, and quite right too! I have seen her in 16 of … Continue reading The Eyes of Tammy Faye
This is not a happy dream. It is also not, strictly speaking, a biopic. It is a fiction (an imagined nightmare) based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was nominated for the Pulizer prize in 2001, and at over 700 pages long, discusses in depth the themes of conspiracy, misogyny, professional abuse and … Continue reading Blonde
Well this was a special one. I can't believe it's coming on 2 years since it first arrived on Netflix. October 2020, when lockdown was a pattern and a routine of already checking the streaming service daily for anything new worth watching to alleviate the tedium of always being indoors. Its timing was as immaculate … Continue reading The Queen’s Gambit
The Wasteland 