Michael Caine
Film Review: Medieval
There has been a lot of blood spilled over the course of the history of Europe, but children rarely learn about events which took place outside of national borders unless they have a direct impact on their country. The Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance, were particularly turbulent, brutal …
Blu-Ray Review: Get Carter
Michael Caine was undoubtedly one of the most famous British faces of the 1960s and 1970s. Sporting his iconic ‘NHS specs’, a swagger and a cheeky grin, he starred in a number of films which in many ways epitomised the era. It was in his memorable portrayal of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File where …
Blu-Ray Review: The Black Windmill
It must be strange to be born to a generation which doesn’t remember ‘domestic’ terrorism in the UK. Whilst ‘the Troubles’ cast a shadow over Northern Ireland for three decades, the spectre of the IRA was a constant threat in mainland Britain. Indeed, we seem to be heading in that direction again. Long before Islamic …
Blu-Ray Review: My Generation
During the 1960s, London was the most happening place in the world to be. The swinging sixties, which was in many ways a reaction to the post-war conservatism of the previous decade, saw the establishment rocked to the core by a wave of new music, film, art and fashion. For the first time working-class youth …
Blu-Ray Review: Hannah and Her Sisters
Considered by many critics to be his best film, Hannah and Her Sisters is also one of Woody Allen’s greatest Box Office successes. As with much of his work over that period, the irrepressible optimist cast his (then) partner Mia Farrow as one of the leads. Allen himself also features in a supporting role. It …
Film Review: Interstellar
Some films sneak into the cinema with only a smidgeon of promotion. Others bash the cymbals, crash the drums, have months of hype and millions of dollars spent on a campaign that takes expectation beyond the stratosphere into the stars. In the case of the latter, the film has got to be good. After much …