Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Someone to Watch Over Me – 1987

April 2, 2010 by JT  
Filed under Thriller

I doubt that many people would have realised that this is one of Ridley Scott’s earlier films. From the opening scene though you would know that it has got his signature all over it. The sweeping shot of New York’s Chrysler building could mirror a scene from the sci-fi classic Blade Runner. Someone to Watch [...]

A Good Year – 2006

March 2, 2010 by JT  
Filed under Romance

A Good Year is certainly not your conventional Ridley Scott film, but it is one that was well shot but not very well written. Investment broker Max Skinner (Crowe) knows only one thing, how to make money. But when he inherits his Uncle’s chateau in Provence where he spent much of his childhood he must [...]

Alien – 1979

December 16, 2009 by JT  
Filed under Sci-Fi

Alien is without a doubt one of the finest sci-fi horrors of the last century, this ground breaking original sent shock waves through audiences. Simple, dark, terrifying it pushed new boundaries in film making and most of all special effects. The story (for those that have been living on another planet and have never seen [...]