Radio Shak

Tonight's conversation was of particular interest to me having been moved from the host's constituency to the guest's, Faiza Sha...

I think it's safe to say that I'll never be disappointed by Sam Raimi. That said I'm always surprised to hear that he has a new ...

Maybe (definitely) I'm getting a little grumpy in my old age, but any film that has a man in a monkey suit as its main antagonist (while...

I've always maintained that there is Science Fiction and there is Science Fiction. Aurora can be firmly placed in the more genuine of th...

I was going to full tilt rant about how each trip to the two holy cities is less pleasant than the last, about how there are too many Muslim...

I've mentioned before how important the Ilford in Conversation talks tend to be - they manage to remain current, honest, and present a d...

There are a few potential problems with splitting a film that didn't require any splitting into two. Firstly there would always be compa...

Perhaps the mistake I made was watching the original 1987 just yesterday, because even though this new version wasn't bad per se... it d...

Regardless of what you might think of Ilford or Leanne Mohamad, Ilford in Conversation is starting to become a very decent forum to hear peo...

There was a period in the late 90s and 00s where, for some reason, film makers were failing to capture the magic that the preceding couple o...

Although I very much enjoyed The Martian at the time, after reflection I saw it for what it was - a book of puzzles and problem solving usin...

In was turned out to be a perfect counter point to last week's One Battle, Him is a masterclass in how to make a short film feel bloated...

At a mammoth 2h41m, it took a lot of faith to sit down for this film. A confused and manic trailer didn't help much but in we went. And ...

Titles aside, this was actually a conversation between Leanne and Ibtihal Aboussad, famous for making that stand against Microsoft, her empl...

In many ways Emberdark is the opposite of Wind and Truth, the last "main" Cosmere novel that I read. It's concise (well, relat...

Sometimes a film just needs a single concept to focus on and do well with. You can't really get more simple than a film about walking - ...

Apart from obvious contextual stuff, there were a few other things that I learned during tonight's audience with Dr Pandor. The most str...

It only occurred to me as I write this how post count could be a pretty good indicator of blog productivity. I'm on for around 40 posts ...

More often than not, bigger is never better. At [stupid number] of pages long, WaT is the longest volume in the Stormlight Archive, and ther...

It was only as the credits rolled that I realised what Weapons was calling me back to. So it was with little surprise to learn that yes, Wea...

Nostalgia aside, this 2025 rendering of a spoof classic was experimental in many ways. How would it fare in this post-political correct worl...

It's fair to say that I've been absent from the Bollywood scene for a good while now. I didn't recognise anyone in this film nor...

Sometimes you go into a film with such optimism that you forget to keep yourself in check. I'm not sure why I thought this would be diff...

Sometimes a film comes along that you just vibe with, that you get, and seriously enjoy. For me Superman is such a film - from the immediate...

I don't think there's anything wrong with going back to where it started. After the wildness (and I don't mean in the wildlife s...

To be clear, I didn't ape into today's talk because of the presence of one Jeremy Corbyn - although having the three of Leanne Moham...

Yes that is the full certified title, but I have to be honest, this wasn't the puff piece I was expecting it to be. I'd be cheating ...

Ballerina is a solid enough John Wick film. It has all the key ingredients - a reason for revenge, escalating violence and some decent set p...

If there was ever a film that knew what it was, it's this. The Karate Kid formula is well established - you have the new kid, the bully,...

This film was a lot. Like, so much. Ordinarily that might have been enough to make it the hit of the year, but the MI franchise has been so ...