In celebration of the 35th anniversary of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that the classic John Hughes comedy arrives on limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook on June 8th; check out the cover artwork and bonus content details below… Writer/director John Hughes’ seminal comedy about a high school student’s wild adventures in the […]
Blu-ray Review – Weird Science (1985)
Weird Science, 1985. Directed by John Hughes. Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Michael Berryman, Vernon Wells, and Judie Aronson. SYNOPSIS: A pair of high school nerds create a ‘perfect’ woman using their computer but chaos ensues as she tries to teach them the error of […]
Heathers with film critic Hanna Flint | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #49
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Hanna Flint stops by to chat about 80s cult teen classic Heathers… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Hanna Flint comes on to chat […]
The Problem With Fan Expectations
Henry Bevan on the problem with fan expectations… I love Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 is my favourite superhero film, I was addicted to 1990s TV show. Tobey Maguire is an underrated actor. But, I didn’t like Spider-Man: Homecoming, at first. I hated how Peter’s quest to be a hero relegated the supporting characters and I felt […]
The One Thing Spider-Man: Homecoming Needs To Do To Be Great
Henry Bevan on Spider-Man: Homecoming and what it needs to do to be great… In Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker’s (Tobey Maguire) childhood home is facing foreclosure but Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) insists on giving him her last 20 bucks, only for his landlord to snatch it a way. Peter is broke and Spider-Man keeps him that […]
Is Reassessing Old Films a Good Thing?
Neil Calloway wonders if judging films by today’s standards is worthwhile… It’s started, and we’re only going to see more of it; the reassessing of old films according to today’s political climate. It’s inevitable, and if we’re honest, has been going on in other ways for years. Think of all those articles about films that […]
