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OF 168 films watched for the first time in 2023, these were my Top 20 of the year (in no particular order) either released in Perth cinemas or home streaming: Holy Spider Poor Things Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Beau is Afraid Saltburn John Wick Chapter 4 The Whale […]

Top 20 of 2023

DESPITE Perth cinemas being closed for four months there have still been plenty of films released via streaming during the first half of 2020. A few of the films in this top 10 to date may have been seen by some people last year, but not by me. Parasite, for […]

Top 10 Movies of 2020 To Date

1 Annie Hall 2 Monty Python’s Life of Brian 3 Borat 4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5 Big Business (Laurel and Hardy) Honourable Mentions: Animal House, A Day at the Races, Step Brothers, The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Top 5 Comedy Movies Ever

THE following is a list of the most disturbing films I have seen. These are films that challenge not just the emotions and senses but the mind as well. Contrary to what you might expect, only a third are pure horror films. Yes, films like Hostel, Frontier(s), High Tension, Audition, […]

A List of 18 Disturbing Films

MY favourite films of the 2010s decade (in alphabetical order only) are: Animal Kingdom (Australian, Crime/Drama, 2010, directed by David Michod) Black Swan (American, Drama/Horror, 2010, Darren Aronofsky) Blue Is The Warmest Colour (French, Romance/Drama, 2013, Abdellatif Kechiche) Calvary (Irish, Drama, 2014, John Michael McDonagh) The Dark Knight Rises (American, […]

Favourite Films of the 2010s

January – Underwater: An Alien-style, pared-back thriller starring Kristen Stewart in Ripley action mode. February – A Hidden Life: The latest from Terrence Malick, director of Tree of Life,  is just his 10th film in 47 years. March – Dark Waters: Legal drama with an environmental pollution angle starring Mark […]

12 most anticipated of 2020

1 ET. Master film-maker Steven Speilberg’s classic friendly Alien tale 2 Blade Runner. One of the best science-fiction films ever made, featuring one of the great movie speeches courtesy of Rutger Hauer’s improvisation 3 The Thing. One of the great horror/sci-fi films, a failure on release up against Spielberg’s ET. 4 First […]

Top Films of 1982

THERE was a fair variety of great film releases in 1980 as this Top Ten shows. 1. Raging Bull. Robert De Niro…that’s it. 2. The Empire Strikes Back. Along with Godfather II, one of the two greatest sequels ever. 3. The Shining. Stephen King hated Kubrick’s version but everyone else loved it. […]

Top Ten Films of 1980

THERE are some modern classics in my Top Ten of 1979: 1. Apocalypse Now. Martin Sheen nearly died making this film 2. Alien. Great scene – the chest-bursting of course. 3. Mad Max. We’d never seen anything as thrilling in Australian film 4. Life of Brian. One of the greatest […]

Top Ten Films of 1979

TWO very different Vietnam War dramas are in my Top Ten Films of 1978. 1 The Deer Hunter. Great sequence – Russian Roulette 2 Midnight Express. Great sequence – Billy Hayes attacks the informer. 3 Halloween. One of the best horror films ever made; the Daddy of modern slashers. 4 […]

Top Ten of 1978

NO surprises for the film that heads my Top Ten of 1977. 1 Star Wars. The greatest adventure film ever made. 2 Annie Hall. Woody Allen’s masterpiece. 3 Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg at his best. 4 Sorcerer. William Friedkin’s remake of the French classic Wages of Fear. […]

Top Ten Films of 1977

MY personal cinema journey enters a great year – 1976. 1 Taxi Driver. One of Martin Scorsese’s best and in my top 10 of all time. 2 Rocky. One of the greatest underdog stories in cinema. 3 All The President’s Men. The best film ever made about journalism. 4. Network. […]

Top Ten of 1976