SIMON MATTHEWS on a movie about the doomed Gallipoli campaign. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Final cut
Final cut: The Body (1970)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the oddity that was The Body. Continue reading
Final cut: Innocent Sinners (1958)
Children and bombsites? It can only mean danger and trouble, finds JONATHAN CALDER. Continue reading
Final cut: Max Headroom — 20 Minutes into the Future (1985)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the origin story of Channel 4’s VJ Max Headroom. Continue reading
Final cut: The Strange Affair (1968)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches the evaporation of optimism in the Swinging Sixties. Continue reading
Final cut: Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Tom Courtenay in a comedy set in the 1970s. Can love bridge the disco-punk divide? Continue reading
Final cut: Davy (1958)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Harry Secombe in an Ealing Comedy about the dying days of variety. Continue reading
Final cut: Johnny English (2003)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Rowan Atkinson’s spy-spoof series. Continue reading
Final cut: The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
SIMON MATTHEWS casts his vote for a post-war political comedy. Continue reading
Final cut: The Eagle (2011)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a Roman epic somewhere between The Lord of the Rings and The Wicker Man. Continue reading
Final cut: Bank Holiday (1938)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a movie about Britain on the brink of WW2. Continue reading
Final cut: The Duellists (1977)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Ridley Scott’s Napoleonic debut movie. Continue reading
