I’m going to be on YouTube!

Update: Since I published my article about the new series of Twin Peaks, I’ve received lots of positive feedback about it. It’s gone on to become my second most viewed post this year (second only to the mammoth Top 50 Spaceships ever (plus mine!) post from January). Anyway, in addition to the many views, I was […]

Monday Music 14 – 2017

This week’s tune: What is there to say? It’s a near perfect fit for the film, combining youth, hope and innocence with the real gravity of the subject matter. Elmer Bernstein composed the music for around 250 films. This was one of his best. And here’s one of my favourite scenes from the film as a […]

Twin Peaks: The Return – I love it and here’s why!

This article contains spoilers for episodes 1 to 6 of Twin Peaks Season 3 . . . . . Spoilers. Turn back all ye who fear spoilers. . . . . . So, I thought it was high time I put my two pence worth in about the beginning of Showtime’s Twin Peaks: The Return. […]

Monday Music 13 – 2017

Here’s a beautiful piece of music from Ken Burns’ 11 hour documentary series about the US Civil War. People tend to think it’s an old traditional tune however it was actually written by Jay Ungar in 1982 and used for the series in 1990. I love it. It has a nice build up and a […]

A Day of Blake’s 7 in pictures

Hi there, Today my brother and I attended the Blake event in support of the Alzheimer’s Society in Steventon. I thought I would share some of the pictures. I had no problem getting in: John wasn’t so lucky We got registered and spent some time in the Fan Zone John was kind enough to treat me […]

My American History X article

Hi everyone, My latest article for Taste of Cinema is now online. I’d love it if you gave it a look. Thanks Richard http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/8-reasons-why-american-history-x-is-a-modern-masterpiece-of-american-cinema/

O is for Offensive Line

So, imagine me, about 8 or 9 years old, given the oval ball. I dance past a couple of defenders, run up the line and cross into the end zone. I turn around hold the ball out and then spike it, Gronk-style. Yay, I’m a hero – I’m Marcus Allen! Then I hear the angry […]

Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2 – Episode 4

Horizon It’s been a bit of a while since I did one of these but I’m off to Steventon on Sunday for the Blake’s 7 Charity event (where I get to meet Paul Darrow, Michael Keating and Stephen Greif – Yay!!!) and thought I’d get myself in the mood by doing another episode. We open […]

N is for New York

I went to New York in August of 2006. After many trips to the USA, I finally made it to the city that never sleeps. My ten days there convinced me that it’s the most exciting place in the world that isn’t called London. I arrived in the midst of a heat wave with temperatures […]

Monday Music 12 – 2017

Back to 1974 this week and one of my favourite thrillers of that decade: The Taking of Pelham 123. The film is based on a novel of the same name about a gang of criminals who hijack a New York Subway car and hold the passengers for ransom. Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and […]