Scribbles and Ramblings

It was an excellent year for cinema demonstrated by how many worthy films had to be left out of this list and many others that I failed to...

I cannot do a Best Indian films of 2013 list because not many Indian films got released in my city. The majority of titles that made it to...

All 32 nations have qualified for the 2014 World Cup. Therefore, it is time to officially start the 2014 Movie World Cup, a soccer related ...

2013 has been a truly rewarding and fun film viewing year mostly due to the 90+ films seen as part of the Wonders in the Dark Western Coun...

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, John Sturges)  A train stops at Black Rock, startling the town residents. John Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) gets...

Every year I look forward to the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) in order to catch-up with some of the best Canadian & fore...

Week 2 of the Western Countdown at Wonders In The Dark has been completed. The following five essays have been posted with my review at #41...

This is an update to an earlier post on the  Best TV Shows  because two seasons of  Game of Thrones & the conclusion of Breaking Bad  ...

The incredible Western Countdown at Wonders In The Dark  started on Sept 30, 2013. Essays for the top 50 films will be posted on the websi...

The first half of any year is normally catching up with the previous year’s films which slowly make their way across art house cinemas or D...

A quick four film spotlight on Hong Kong Crime films which focus on informers and undercover operatives. Hard Boiled (1992, John Woo) I...

Leviathan (2012, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel) Every now and then comes a film that changes the way we think of cinema or e...

Only God Forgives (2013, Nicolas Winding Refn) Nicolas Winding Refn's newest film takes a narrow view of Bangkok from a John Burd...

Back in February, I had planned a spotlight on Walter Hill to coincide with the release of his new film Bullet to the Head . But unfortunat...