My Golden Age of Movie Posters
Growing up in the eighties, I spent my childhood in awe of the great movie poster illustrators, and for me the eighties may have been the heyday of the movie poster artisan.
Tag: Raiders of the Lost Ark
15 Movie Questions Meme
This one has been doing the rounds for a while and I was finally caught, bagged and tagged by my good friend Custard over at Front Room Cinema. So, ever the dutiful taggee and Mememeister, here are my astounding and mildly amusing answers to 15 seemingly random movie questions. Enjoy. 1. Movie you love… Read more »
15 Directors Meme
I got tagged by Peter at Magic Lantern Film Blog for this Meme. The mission? Come up with 15 filmmakers that helped shape the way I look at motion pictures. These are the filmakers whose movies not only inspired (or fanned the flames of) my passion for cinema, but taught me the rich language of… Read more »
Favourite Movie Scenes: Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Movie Raiders of the Lost Ark is my all time favourite celluloid experience, bar none. There’s no other movie like it. Any collaboration between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had a high chance of providing something special, and although none of the sequels lived up to the magic of this first crack of the… Read more »
Top Ten: Female Movie Characters
Now, this really was a difficult one. I could have made this a top 50 and still struggled with who to include and who to leave out. Ah, the agony of choice. But, the fact that I have other things to do means I’ll just have to stop agonising and post the damn list. Enjoy,… Read more »
Top Five: Original Movie Soundtracks
They say the best movie soundtracks are the ones that you don’t notice are there. They feature music that enhances a film but never tries to compete for your attention. That’s all well and good, but personally I like the soundtracks that do both; the music that you find yourself humming later on and then… Read more »