Colin Edwards‘Red Velvet Seat: Women’s Writing on the First Fifty Years of Cinema’ — A Partial Review.So I picked-up ‘Red Velvet Seat: Women’s Writing on the First Fifty Years of Cinema’ last week and although I’m only 100 pages into this…3h ago3h ago
Colin Edwards‘Interstellar’ in IMAX or — Jesus Wept?It’s highly appropriate that the characters in ‘Interstellar’ (2014)visit a planet where, due to its proximity to a super-massive black…5d ago5d ago
Colin Edwards‘Megalopolis’ or — Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Titter?Unsubtle, ambitious, naive, dated, grandiose, forward-thinking, backward-looking and deliberately inadvertently (I never knew there was…Sep 27Sep 27
Colin Edwards‘The Humanoid’ or — The Desperate Search for Entertainment?One of my fondest teenage memories was sitting down with my friends and chuckling like crazy at the Italian ‘Star Wars’ (1977) rip-off…Sep 25Sep 25
Colin Edwards‘The Iron Crown’ or — The Link between ‘Cabiria’ and the Peplum?If I told you ‘The Iron Crown’ (1941) concerns a religious artefact forged from Roman swords and a nail from the true cross thus imbuing…Sep 23Sep 23
Colin Edwards‘Danger: Diabolik’ or — The Thrill of Pop-Art Nihilism?It wasn’t just fortuitous but down-right essential that the opportunity to finally watch ‘Danger: Diabolik’ (1968) presented itself wholly…Sep 21Sep 21
Colin Edwards‘The Chronicles of Riddick’ or — It’s Been a Long Time Since I Smelled Ludicrous?It’s easy to see why ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’ (2004) was a critical failure on release as David Twohy’s decision to follow up his lean…Sep 18Sep 18
Colin Edwards‘Who Saw Her Die?’ or — Holding Its Own?Aldo Lado’s ‘Who Saw Her Die?’ (1972) concerns a grieving father (George Lazenby) searching for a serial killer in the calli of Venice…Sep 15Sep 15
Colin Edwards‘It Ends With Us’ or — I Wore my Florals?“Wear your florals” my friend texted me just as I was about to head out the door to see ‘It Ends With Us’ (2024) at the cinema last , and…Sep 14Sep 14
Colin Edwards‘Some Came Running’ or — Cinemascope Squalor?WW II vet and struggling novelist Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra) is deposited on a Greyhound bus and transported back to his hometown of…Sep 13Sep 13
