Tag Archives: film

Stan & Ollie (2018)

Posted on January 16, 2019 by

As biographical films go this movie achieves a clever launch of the story of Laurel and Hardy. It begins with the pair informing the audience all about their lives in 1937 as they conduct a conversation while making their way … Continue reading →

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The Frankenstein Chronicles

Posted on August 2, 2018 by

I am very used to people messing around with established works to produce something inferior. There is the 2015 movie ‘Victor Frankenstein’ for example. I like to think that James McAvoy was as disappointed with the script as I was, … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Dialogue

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

One aspect of my written work that I think has changed since I published ‘The War Wolf’ in 2013 is the dialogue. It is not a dramatic change and I am not talking about just grammar or spelling or punctuation, … Continue reading →

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Tod Browning’s ‘Freaks’, Have Times Changed?

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

When I first became interested in the horror movie genre, many years ago now, I read a reference to Tod Browning’s film ‘Freaks’ that fascinated me. It was not so much the lurid portrayal of ‘real freaks’ that attracted my … Continue reading →

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