Review: On the Road ★★★☆☆
I wouldn’t be a good companion for a Kerouac-esque road trip. Instead of enjoying the…
Author Barnaby Walter
Barnaby Walter
Second year BA Film & English Student. Watches too many films and enjoys good novels.
Total articles: 491100 Discs of Christmas #26 – Dracula (1931)
This is a very different film to the other Dracula title selected as part of…
Review: Taken 2 ★☆☆☆☆
2008’s Taken wasn’t very good. It was enjoyable on an isn’t-this-shit-but-who-cares level, but it was…
Archive: I Know It’s Inaccurate Nonsense, But I Loved Anonymous
Anonymous tells a ‘what if?’ story about Shakespeare. Apparently he didn’t write his plays. They…
100 Discs of Christmas #25 – The Village (2004)
In my opinion, The Village is one of the most beautiful films of recent times.…
Disney and Tim Burton Bring Us A Spooky Treat This Autumn
New animated feature Frankenweenie hits cinema next week with The Edge ready to get behind the scenes.
100 Discs of Christmas #22 – Doubt (2009)
John Patrick Shanley brings his award-winning stage show Doubt to the big screen with brilliant effect in this…
Archive: Tom Hooper’s Longford is an Underrated Masterpiece
Good viewing doesn’t always mean happy viewing, and this is something to bear in mind…
100 Discs of Christmas #21 – Lost Highway (1997)
Lost Highway is not for people who like their films to have satisfying endings, and…
100 Discs of Christmas #19 – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
It’s best to watch this outstanding, masterful film without knowing too much about it. For…
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower ★★★★★
Occasionally a film aimed at and about teenagers comes along that doesn’t feel sentimental, patronising…
100 Discs of Christmas #18 – The Nanny (1965)
Bette Davis was a great actor, and here she is enjoyably creepy as a Nanny…
100 Discs of Christmas #17 – Emma (1996)
This 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma (one of two adaptations of the book…
100 Discs of Christmas #16 – The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Oscar Wilde’s witty comedy is brought entertainingly to life by Oliver Parker, who directed the…