Your preference has been registered—you won’t get any more launch emails. In the meantime, why not enjoy this short flash fiction? Up until Google came along, Pocklebridge didn’t appear on any maps. We took down the signs during the war to confuse the Germans and we never put them back up, so our station remained […]
A to Z – Jurassic Park
I was really tempted for J to put down Jumanji, but the more I thought about it, the more I just had to put down Jurassic Park. After all, who doesn’t love dinosaurs? I’ve loved them since I was little, and went through the phase of wanting to be a palaeontologist. Now I’m going through a […]
A to Z – It’s A Wonderful Life
I think most people might have expected me to choose something like Inception or I, Robot for this letter, but I couldn’t really not choose It’s A Wonderful Life. It’s a film that I actually hated for a long time, but after watching it again during my first film degree, I actually found a depth in […]
A to Z – The Haunting
My movie-themed A-Z continues apace with Robert Wise’s 1963 ghostly classic, The Haunting. Based on the 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House, the film tells the story of a group of paranormal investigators who find more than they bargained for when they go hunting for ghosts. Dr Markway (Richard Johnson) wants […]
A – Z – Ghostbusters
Hands up if you thought I could possibly feature any film BUT Ghostbusters for G? Sure, there are lots of other great movies beginning with G, but none of them are Ghostbusters. I remember how you could always expect to hear the theme tune at school discos (even though the film had been out about […]
A to Z – Fight Club
I was a little bit stuck between films for ‘F’, as I usually am, but I decided on Fight Club since it’s one of those films I can watch again and again, never tiring of it (which is one of my personal criteria regarding whether or not a film can be considered a ‘favourite’). In […]
