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 […]
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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 […]
A to Z – Evolution
Today I’m moving on to ‘E’ in my A-Z of movies – I know a lot of people did E yesterday but I’m skipping Fridays to make room for my flash stories. I got a bit stuck for E, as it happens, but I wound up choosing Evolution. Evolution was a stab at alien sci-fi […]
#FridayFlash – Tomb Raiders
The man known as Al Shabah slipped between the pillars of the crumbling ruin. He spotted the gaping hole across the site, the entrance littered with discarded tools. The tomb raiders thought they’d located the lost tomb of Mekerepsut. Al Shabah smiled – as long as they occupied themselves with the false tomb, they wouldn’t […]
