Post-War Attitudes and ‘Hair’ (1979) – Retro Review
There’s a big difference between “seeing” and “watching.” You “watch” a movie on your own, in your home, passively. You “see” a movie in a...
Month: July 2020
The Scottish Film – Ep #16 – Macbeth (2006)
Struth! It’s only an Australian gangster adaptation of Macbeth. Have the Aussies found a way to make Shakespearean language work in a modern setting? Is...
‘The Old Guard’ Review: Who Wants To Live Forever?
Andy (Charlize Theron) leads a small troupe of invincible warriors. Whilst fleeing a mission gone wrong, they become psychically aware of a new immortal, Nile...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo’ (1984) – Retro Review
Even before 1984’s Breakin’, starring Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones, Lucinda Dickey, and Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers, became one of Cannon Films’ highest-grossing movies of all-time, there...
Time Bandits (1981) and the Limits of Imagination – Retro Review
Terry Gilliam is a difficult filmmaker — stylistically, politically, personally. He’s divisive as he is beloved for movies like Brazil and The Fisher King and...
The Scottish Film – Ep #15 – Shakespeare Re-told: Macbeth (2005)
In one of the boldest adaptations yet, Paul and Katy find Macbeth back in the kitchen! This time it’s the kitchen of a three star...
‘Artemis Fowl’ Review: Fowl is not fair, and Branagh should stick to Shakespeare
If co-hosting One Good Thing, a podcast dedicated to finding nice things to say about bad movies, has taught me anything it’s that bad movies...
SM Podcast – Sucky Summer Movie shutdown / COVID update (With Da 5 Bloods)
Paul and Matthew talk about the lack of new cinema, what we have been watching, and a throw-down on ‘Da 5 Bloods’. Subscribe to...
School’s In For Summer: Summer School (1987) Movie Review
Fresh off his run on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere and being named People Magazine’s 2nd Annual Sexiest Man Alive, Mark Harmon found himself...
The Scottish Film – Ep #14 – Maqbool (2003)
Āpakā svāgata hai! It’s time for Paul and Katy to experience the Indian Macbeth adaptation. Will this film convincingly adapt the tragedy in to a...