Taking its cue from the EC and Horror comics of the 1950s, The Vault of Horror is an anthology film and is the next stop in John Landis’ Monsters in the Movies book, available now from DK Canada. While I’m still in the Vampire section of the book, this film only features one vampire tale,…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) – Chris Columbus
The next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my return to the family genre and my screening of The Fellowship of the Ring is another franchise that captured hearts and imaginations. Looking back, as I rewatch this film, there is no way that this movie could fail. It’s based…
Doctor Who (Matt Smith) – Journey to the Center of the TARDIS, and The Crimson Horror
The Doctor (Smith) almost loses Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) when he tries to smooth things out between her and the TARDIS. Written by Stephen Thompson, Journey to the Center of the TARDIS first aired on 27 April, 2013. In his attempt, the Time Lord decides to show his Companion how to fly the TARDIS, but in…
Doctor Who (Matt Smith) – The Angels Take Manhattan, and The Snowmen
Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory’s (Arthur Darvill) travels in the TARDIS come to an end this week with The Angels Take Manhattan. Written by Steven Moffat, with an airdate of 29 September, 2012, the episode sees the Doctor (Smith) and his Companions in New York in 2012. Here they are relaxing as the Time Lord…
Billy Elliot (2000) – Stephen Daldry
The final recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book for my viewing of West Side Story isn’t necessarily a musical, but it definitely shares the same love of dance. Billy Elliot, which has since inspired a stage musical perfectly captures joy in dance and simultaneously juxtaposes the ordinary events of day…
Chaplin (1992) Richard Attenborough
As I return to DK Canada’s The Movie Book, the next film they highlight is the Chaplin classic, City Lights. That is a title I’d previously reviewed, and so I dove write into What Else to Watch, as I had already reviewed his key movies, and the first one on the list I hadn’t previously…
Doctor Who (Matt Smith) – Victory of the Daleks, and The Time of Angels
The Doctor (Smith) and Amy (Karen Gillan) find themselves coming to the add of Winston Churchill (Ian McNeice) in Victory of the Daleks. Written by Mark Gatiss, this episode first aired on 17 April, 2010. The Time Lord and his Companion arrive in England during The Blitz in World War II. A scientist, Bracewell (Bill…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – The Unicorn and The Wasp, and Silence in the Library
Gareth Roberts writes the script for The Unicorn and The Wasp which first aired on 17 May, 2008, and sees the Doctor (Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate) arriving in 1926 England. They invite themselves along to a party and find amongst the guests, one Agatha Christie (Fenella Woolgar). When a guest ends up dead, the…
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – Roger Spottiswoode
Pierce Brosnan’s second outing as Ian Fleming’s James Bond, 007, is the final recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following a screening of Goldfinger, and I quite happily make the argument that this may be Brosnan’s best outing in his four Bond films. From the opening White Knight sequence, to…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – Fear Her and Army of Ghosts
The Doctor (Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) find themselves in a rather unusual adventure during the 2012 Olympics. Fear Her was written by Matthew Graham and first aired on 24 June, 2006. Arriving in an English neighbourhood, the Doctor realises something strange is going on, when children seem to be disappearing up and down the…
