Tag Archives: Films

Top Gun Maverick – Review

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know if like me you’re old enough to remember Top Gun. It was one of a giant wave of 80’s macho films mostly standing out from its crowd by ditching muscles and machine guns for an iconic 80’s … Continue reading →

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Interview with Life’s A Show Writer & Director – Harvey Puttock

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I posted a short review and link to the comedy short Life’s a Show which I was fortunate enough to be given a preview too. Afterwards I got to chat to writer and director Harvey Puttock about the … Continue reading →

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Life’s a show – Film Review

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

One of the nice things about doing my blog for this long is that I often get invited to review films. I can’t accept every offer so pick those which I think might be fun or interesting and recently one … Continue reading →

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Going back to the cinema after lockdown to watch The Unholy!

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

As everyone else has awaited the end of lockdown to go to the shops, pubs, eat out or simply to meet up with someone, for me I have been waiting 17 months to go to the cinema. I’ve always loved … Continue reading →

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Roe v. Wade (2021) Movie Review

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s been a long time since I did a film review, understandably so as with so much of public life, film-going has been all but shut down at least in the old-fashioned going to the cinema sort of way.  Thankfully … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 17 – Social Distancing with Opera, Fräuleins and the low-skilled!

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

I was reading this morning that the social restrictions the government have put in place a month ago have been so successful that they are worried on how to convince people to come out again once it is safe to … Continue reading →

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Colette – Film Review

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

It has been a few weeks since I had been to the Pictures and when I got up last Wednesday, I hadn’t planned to be going again on that particular day.  Christmas is a bad time to see anything good … Continue reading →

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All The Money In The World – Review

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This is the second film of 2018 that I’ve seen at the Pictures and bizarrely, both have featured Michelle Williams, the other being The Greatest Showman. All The Money In The World is a dramatisation of a real life kidnap … Continue reading →

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My Top 12 movies of 2017

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

As half the planet is in the midst of not doing very much of anything but eat and watch films, here is my lowdown of my favourite 12 films of 2017 or one per month for those who want to … Continue reading →

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My thoughts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (No Spoilers)

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve always been a Star Wars fan, it was the first film I saw at the Pictures in 1977 when I was just 3.5 years old.  I loved it then and I love it now. You can see my old … Continue reading →

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