For SetTheTape.com: “Ready Player One – Film Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Never would I predict to see the DeLorean travel beyond 88mph, but not time-travel… Steven Spielberg is back on the big screen with a wild ride of pop culture mayhem in Ready Player One. Are you ready? Adapted from Ernest Cline’s 2011 … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Ready Player One – Film Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Walk Like a Panther: Wrestling in Film”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi In the sports film – be it drama, comedy or even action – the likes of boxing, American football, baseball, football/soccer and hockey have been produced almost excessively, but what about wrestling? Wrestling films – be them centred on independent promotions or … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Walk Like a Panther: Wrestling in Film”

For SetTheTape.com: “15:17 to Paris: Clint Eastwood’s Best Directorial Film from Each Full Decade”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Clint Eastwood has been directing films – both good and bad – since 1971. Eastwood debuted in the director’s chair with Play Misty for Me, a thriller presenting Eastwood himself as a radio DJ, but one with the misfortune of acquainting a … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “15:17 to Paris: Clint Eastwood’s Best Directorial Film from Each Full Decade”

For SetTheTape.com: “The Post’s Spielberg and Hanks: A 20 Year Collaboration”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi In 1998, back-to-back two-time Oscar-winner, Tom Hanks, collaborated with Steven Spielberg, the superstar director boasting a catalogue of blockbusters from Jaws to Schindler’s List, in Saving Private Ryan – an epic-scale WW2 film that some consider being the greatest war film of … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “The Post’s Spielberg and Hanks: A 20 Year Collaboration”

Shot at 60 part XX: Halloween 2017

Happy Halloween, folks. To celebrate this year’s Halloween, here is a horror-only Shot at 60 post, and sequel to 2014’s first Halloween/horror-themed Shot at 60. Unlike the usual formula of three 1970s screenshots, two 1980s, two 1990s, and two 2000s, this newest edition of Shot at 60 is the start of a changed formula consisting of two 1970s screenshots, two 1980s, two 1990s, two 2000s, and one 2010s. Enjoy!   … Continue reading Shot at 60 part XX: Halloween 2017

Shot at 60 part XIX: Meryl Streep

Hopefully you enjoyed the recent Shot at 60 comeback. This week, the current actor-based specials conclude with three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep. Enjoy! Manhattan (1979) United Artists / Dir: Woody Allen / Prod: Joffe   The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Universal Pictures / Dir: Jerry Schatzberg / Prod: Bregman   Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Columbia Pictures / Dir: Robert Benton / Prod: Fischoff & Jaffe   … Continue reading Shot at 60 part XIX: Meryl Streep

Shot at 60 part X8: Sigourney Weaver

It’s back… Three years in existence and sixteen months on the shelf, Shot at 60 is back with the third of four actor-based specials – this one specifically focusing on the work of Galaxy Quest‘s Sigourney Weaver. Enjoy! (Note: For this Shot at 60, only one image will be from the 1970s, therefore, the 1980s and 1990s will be increased to three images each.)   Annie Hall (1977) United Artists … Continue reading Shot at 60 part X8: Sigourney Weaver

‘X-Men’ Movie Marathon: Part II

Welcome back! You’re in for a treat, folks, as two of the three X-Men movies within this part of the marathon are within my “Top 3 of the X-Men Film Franchise” – Days of Future Past and Logan, obviously.   “The best since X2!” – Fans, 2014 My god, the above is/was disgustingly true. Days of Future Past was an absolute joy to watch. The concept of linking the heroes of the original X-Men trilogy … Continue reading ‘X-Men’ Movie Marathon: Part II

‘X-Men’ Movie Marathon: Part I

From 2000’s X-Men to this year’s Logan, over the past 3-4 weeks I have completed a marathon of 20th Century Fox’s most prolific superhero film franchise. TRIVIA: Logan is the only X-Men film that I have watched in the cinema. Initially, Mumsy possessed the desire to watch Days of Future Past, though she had not previously watched First Class, or properly watched the original trilogy; however, she had seen the trio of Origins: Wolverine, The … Continue reading ‘X-Men’ Movie Marathon: Part I

Shot at 60 part XIV: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One

Not a special-themed Shot at 60, but a Shot at 60 featuring some special films… Enjoy. Play Misty for Me (1971) Universal Pictures / Dir: Clint Eastwood / Prod: Daley   Jaws (1975) Universal Pictures / Dir: Steven Spielberg / Prod: Zanuck & Brown   Rocky II (1979) United Artists / Dir: Sylvester Stallone / Prod: Chartoff & Winkler   Labyrinth (1986) TriStar Pictures / Dir: Jim Henson / Prod: Rattray   … Continue reading Shot at 60 part XIV: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One