Nick's Film Jottings

Perhaps not quite as atmospheric as some of the Lewton pictures, this one nevertheless has an air quite of its own, as young Kim Hunter goes...

Considering Spira isn't even a fan of Lee, he's done a good job, hosting the film with a marionette of Lee, voiced by Peter Serafino...

Another marvellously atmospheric and textured entry from the legendary Val Lewton cycle. I was thinking watching this that they are almost l...

Dick Pope died yesterday. Danny Mays posted: "Deeply saddened and moved by the death of the great Dick Pope. A master cinematographer a...

Lethal Weapon Black Christmas Tales from the Crypt What? Yes they are. OK, we must have: The Holdovers The Holiday   - yeah, finally ...

Ben Is Back . Truly devastating account of the chaos created by addiction. Great performance from Lucas Hedges. It seemed oddly familiar, bu...

Supernova . Good honest brave acting. Troppo Azzuro . Difficult to pick up what was going on, but a romantic triangle. It was apparently fil...

We needed something first class before our departure to Sicily. Edward is the son of Peter Hall and the half-brother of Rebecca. Knowing Wil...

We didn't remember anything about it. See here . Dustin Hoffman's character is incredibly annoying. And he's something of a shit...

Neither title is any good; Rule Number 1 ? Matthew Perry sorts out Harlem schoolkids.

November 2016: My fascination with Carole Lombard continues - her face when attempting to fish, her cute scar, her graceful stoicism - in du...

A woman (Annette Bening) goes missing and her children are worried. We then cut back and forward in 'then' and 'now' titling...

Came from a short story by William Harrison, evolved into a satire where corporations run everything and we've returned to the blood and...

I don't know how this got financed - it's such a mixed bag. The plot of Oliver Platt being in the shadow of his comedian father supe...

Michael Caine is briefed to go behind Rommel's lines to destroy a fuel dump, accompanied by Nigels Green and Davenport. Nothing very int...

 2017 review worth repeating: Still in Emma Thompson mood, here she plays (with a somewhat wavering accent) the First Lady to John Travolta...

Hugh Whitemore adapted William Trevor, an Irish writer noted for Chekhovian short stories; as a novelist he wrote the books on which Fools o...

I was going to say that I had long wondered what this film was about, but it turns out I'd already seen it, on 16 June 1980 (rating 5/10...

A stupidly neglected film. At the time it caused some confusion - the critics thought Woody was attacking them and his audience - he's h...