SIMON MATTHEWS on the one movie excursion of Charles Hood, a wannabe James Bond. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Final cut: Yellowbeard (1983)
Ahoy, shipmates! SIMON MATTHEWS has things to say about Graham Chapman’s pirate movie, Yellowbeard. Continue reading
Final Cut: Manuela (1957)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a prime piece of colonial fiction from just before the Winds of Change. Continue reading
Final Cut: Velvet Goldmine (1998)
SIMON MATTHEWS re-watches a glam-rock revival movie. Continue reading
Maxwell v Murdoch: the birth of a feud
Foreign ownership of a UK paper? It’s time to remember Murdoch, Maxwell and the News of the World, says PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Final Cut: Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Is it time to remake the Ealing classic Passport to Pimlico, wonders SIMON MATTHEWS. Continue reading
Final Cut: Eastern Promises (2007)
SIMON MATTHEWS on David Cronenberg’s thriller about the Russian mafia in London. Continue reading
Now That’s What I Call Music Hall
ALWYN TURNER likes Victorian and Edwardian music-hall songs. These are his favourite lyrics. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Blue Talisman
ALWYN TURNER reads an absurd but entertaining tale of Nigeria, London and, er, Atlantis. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
SIMON MATTHEWS investigates a murder amidst the ‘prima donna preciousness’ of professional football. Continue reading
Advent of the Daleks
ALWYN TURNER on the first appearance of the Daleks in 1963. Continue reading
Final Cut: Age of Heroes (2011)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Sean Bean and Danny Dyer tough it out in a WW2 movie. Continue reading
