*** Check out my interview with Matt Wells, director of Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb, the short film showing with the new 4k Dr Strangelove *** It shows how easily I slipped back into my 1980s-era Armageddon obsession when – on realising Stanley Kubrick’s classic Dr Strangelove is 95 minutes long – I decided to… Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb Read More
Crimson Tide 4 stars
*** Check out my submarine movies section *** “In the nuclear world the enemy is war itself” says Lt Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington), during a rather spiky discussion with his war-hardened and instinctive Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Two men: one Hunter, one Killer, I mean Ramsey, with the fate of the world in their hands…. Crimson Tide Read More
Mission Impossible: Fallout 4 stars
Facing off villains, middle age and broken bones, The Man From A.N.K.L.E is back and better than ever. This is (mostly) a total blast from start to finish. It only dips when the plot gets in the way; a plot which is is initially understandable but ends up with so much double-crossing I struggled to… Mission Impossible: Fallout Read More