Forthcoming Attractions

This blog is about me finally fulfilling a childhood dream - being a film critic. I can remember clearly lying in bed as a kid late at night watching Barry Norman on Film 76 and thinking that that man has the best job in the world: he gets paid to watch films all day. To a 10-year old who saw the cinema as a place of magic, there could be nothing better.
I think many people have a soft spot for their childhood cinema. For me, it was the Abbey Cinema on Wavertree Road in Liverpool - a huge 1930's cathedral of film fantasies and I loved it. It had 2 levels: the Stalls and the Circle and we always went in the Circle. Going to the 'pictures' was almost always a 'me-and-dad' thing - although he was known to fall asleep or, when I was a bit older, nip over to the Coffee House pub opposite - especially if it was a Sinbad movie.
I can remember seeing so many films there: my 1st Bond - Live and Let Die; The Professionals (the 1st time I saw a Western on a big screen); Zulu - a delight because I went in knowing nothing at all about the film; Star Wars - the best film I had ever seen at the age of 11; Jaws - truly terrifying - the list goes on and on.
These days I still go to the cinema when I can and fortunately my wife and kids also love the cinema. This blog gives me the chance to write about some of the films I have been watching either in the cinema or on TV - so there will be a real mix of new films and oldies and my taste in films is somewhat eclectic. The blog will be about whatever I have watched each fortnight or so.
So - reviews coming soon of Apaloosa, Twilight Breaking Dawn, Hombre, Eraser and Cool Hand Luke. Now it's the interval and I'm off to get a Choc Ice.

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