Film Anniversaries

House of 1000 Corpses was the debut of rock star Rob Zombie (Robert Cummings to his mother). Zombie started out with the excellent industrial-tinged rock band White Zombie. Exploding out of the New York underground they cut a distinctive…

Let's take a look at Pete's Dragon, a classic blend of live action and animation that turns 45 years old this year. I'm happy to be looking at it, rather than having to review its remake. Why is that? Well, even though there's nothing…

The early 2000s gave us some of the most delightful romantic comedies that were responsible for making household names out of their female leads. From Sandra Bullock’s hilarious role in Miss Congeniality to Jennifer Lopez’s endearing…

“If someone vomits watching one of my films, it’s like getting a standing ovation.” - John Waters (Shock Value) This is unlike any other movie: it is a test of endurance. Pink Flamingos is a visual shock game, where you play for…

All glories of flesh vanish, and this, the glory of infantine beauty seen in the mirror of memory, soonest of all. Three mothers metaphorically affecting humanity – this is the fascinating basis of Thomas De Quincey’s 1845 novel,…

As the interminable annual tradition of debating what is and isn’t a Christmas movie starts to recede from memory, perhaps it’s time to start into the next evolution of that argument; what is and isn’t a Valentine’s movie. What could be…

"Now the time has come. I put two bullets in my gun. One for me, and one for you. Oh darling, it will be so beautiful." The author Stephen King presented the world with a new nightmare in 1987. A story of horror, isolation and adornment…

"This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time" - Tyler Durden One of the most misunderstood movies of the last 20 years is undoubtedly David Fincher's modern cult classic Fight Club. Yes, it's easy to linger on the violence, an…

Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction is the quintessential nineties cult flick. At the time, the world needed a movie such as this as much as Tarantino needed to make an artistic statement and create a hit. It remains relevant 25…