It’s the far distant year of 2008, and global warming has caused flooding throughout London, but Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) has more problems than that, something is stalking the wet streets ripping people’s hearts out. Paired with a nebbish new partner, Dick Durkin (Alastair Duncan) the cops try to figure out who the killer…
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Being There (1979) – Hal Ashby
DK Canada’s The Movie Book continues to expand my cinematic knowledge, and today helps me fill in a glaring error in my viewing history, as I settle in for the Peter Sellers classic dramedy Being There. Featuring a screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski, who also penned the original novel, the story follows Sellers (in an Oscar…
Paddington 2 (2017) – Blu-Ray Review
Hitting blu-ray and DVD today from Warner Brothers is the brilliant follow-up to the 2014 hit, Paddington. Ben Whishaw returns to voice the iconic bear in the red hat and the blue duffle coat, as he continues to win hearts around London, and the world. The first film boasted a truckload of recognisable English talent,…
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…
The Mind Reels 