movie review

  • G is for George of the Jungle

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] This is the second of my guilty pleasures. A baby boy survives a plane crash in the jungle and is brought up by a wise, talking ape (voiced by John Cleese). Years later, an American socialite comes to the jungle to escape her overbearing fiance and when George and Ursula meet, they…

  • F is for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Ferris Bueller takes the day off school and decides that his friend Cameron, should join him. He fakes sickness and when Ferris goes round to Cameron’s house, he convinces him to steal his father’s Ferrari. Together, they hoodwink the school principal into believing that there has been a death in the family…

  • E is for The Exorcist

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The film opens with elderly priest Father Merrin on an archeological dig in Iraq where he finds a demonic statue. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. an actress has rented a house with her daughter Reagan while she works on a movie. Strange things begin happening in the house: there are noises in the…

  • D is for Demolition Man

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] This is the first guilty secret I’m revealing during the A to Z Challenge. I love this film and I refuse to apologise for it. In 1995 John Spartan is imprisoned for recklessness in duty, causing the death of a busload of children. His quarry, Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) is also imprisoned.…

  • C is for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Richard Dreyfus plays Roy Neary, a family man who has a UFO experience when driving home one night. His car is drowned in a bright, white light and the electrics break down. From that moment on, Roy is obsessed with a need to know more about what was responsible. Meanwhile, the government…

  • B is for Blade Runner

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] This is my all-time-favourite film. No exceptions. In Blade Runner, Ridley Scott set a very high standard which, in my opinion, no other sci-fi film has been able to top. After viewing it you will be able to point to virtually every science fiction movie since which has stolen a little bit…

  • A is for Another Earth

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I signed up for the A to Z Blog challenge, then changed my mind and thought I wouldn’t do it. I thought that people would be bored of me driveling on every day for a month. Then I thought again and came up with the idea of a theme. What do I…