One of my very favourite Bond films, The Spy Who Loved Me is the James Bond series at its most spectacular, outrageous and fun. It is everything that I wanted from a James Bond film. It is a film that is the right side of over the top and a little bit daft without ever going too far. After the lukewarm reception to The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me really needed to succeed, and it…
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Just Ducky 1953
The 1950s were proving to be a good decade for the Tom and Jerry series, with the release of several great, and even classic, entries. After the fairly middle-of-the-road That's My Pup!, the series saw a return to form with its follow up, Just Ducky. Just Ducky is an entry in the series with which I have strong memories of as it was often shown on TV when I was younger. It had, however, been quite some time since I…
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Live and Let Die 1973
Live and Let Die is a film that I have a real fondness for, and have always considered it to be one of the best films in the James Bond series. It is an absolute blast from start to finish. Live and Let Die is also noted as being an important film as its success ensured that the series would survive beyond Sean Connery, and it more than succeeded.
The plot for Live and Let Die is really strong, with…
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Brief Encounter 1945
Brief Encounter is one of the most effortlessly romantic films that I have ever seen and, quite rightly, a classic of British cinema. It is a film that I shamefully had not seen until now. Brief Encounter has been on my watchlist for ages and its a film that I've been desperate to see. As a result, I did have high expectations for it. Thankfully, these expectations were not only met but surpassed.
The film follows Laura Jesson, a bored…
