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Dawn Of The Mummy (1981) Dir: Frank Agrama
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU_CmBcjWAL/?igsh=MW5od3Ryc3V1dmp5ZQ== I love a classic horror, and I'll usually go out of my way to find one to watch more often than not. On this occasion, it was this 1981 horror, directed by Frank Agrama, which has a little bit of a cult audience in the classic horror community. I knew essentially nothing about the film beyond what I have just mentioned, and really had no expectations, beyond hopefully some fun mummy violence. I

Ridley Coote
Feb 202 min read


Last Breath (2025) Dir: Alex Parkinson
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU8TS15DRa4/?igsh=MWgxdXBvcHRhd2Freg== This deep-sea survival thriller, directed by Alex Parkinson, is a feature film retelling of the events in a 2019 documentary of the same name. It details the harrowing events of a deep sea diving mission that went very wrong, and the fascinating truth behind the film was what attracted my attention to it the most. Reviews were, generally speaking, fairly good, but not exactly mind-blowing, so m

Ridley Coote
Feb 192 min read


The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Dir: Wes Anderson
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU54ctqDQdd/?igsh=MWMwdHd1ZnBubmt1Mw== When people think of Wes Anderson, there is usually one film that people name first, and its this 2014 comedy adventure, which is probably considered to be peak Anderson, in style and quality, for the majority of people. It's certainly the most famous example of his work, with the only potential challenger being his adaptation of 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' . It had been a number of years since my last

Ridley Coote
Feb 182 min read


Saw X (2023) Dir: Kevin Greutert
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU3EXSNjRg7/?igsh=MXdpZ2oyOGN0dm02eg== Having blitzed my way through the previous films in the infamous extreme horror franchise known as 'Saw' , it was finally time for me to watch the most recent film in the franchise, which was once more directed by Kevin Greutert, who had done a few of the previous films. This one, incredibly the tenth 'Saw' film, was set between the events of the first two 'Saw' films, which surprised me a lit

Ridley Coote
Feb 173 min read


Rushmore (1998) Dir: Wes Anderson
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU0tY2AjZ0l/?igsh=MTZwOTY5MTVjZmdrcA== In my roundabout way of exploring the popular filmography of Wes Anderson, I have inadvertently left some of his earliest films until last. I finally got around to watching this 1998 comedy; the sophomore feature film effort by the acclaimed filmmaker, shortly after visiting an excellent Anderson-centric exhibition in London. The film is considered a cult hit, and another very solid step on the

Ridley Coote
Feb 162 min read


Wuthering Heights (2026) Dir: Emerald Fennell
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUyDp5EjJxB/?igsh=MTVpYzNyZGVjcTZxaw== Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brönte's classic literary work; 'Wuthering Heights' , seemed to evoke drama and contention even before the first trailers were released. I already held very mixed feelings about Fennell's previous film; 'Saltburn' , and the worrying and frustrating media and marketing for this new film worried me greatly. Prior to the film's release, the director made a num

Ridley Coote
Feb 153 min read


The Wager (2023) By David Grann
"Was God seeing the things they did out here? Bulkeley still sought solace from The Christian’s Pattern, but a passage in it warned, 'Hadst thou a clear conscience, thou could not fear death. It were better to avoid sin than to flee death.' Yet was it a sin to want to live?" If there's one way to peak my interest, it's by combining history, in this case of the maritime variety, and true crime. The case of HMS Wager was as infamous as it was sensational at the time that its ha

Ridley Coote
Feb 153 min read


The Valley Of Fear (1915) By Arthur Conan Doyle
"The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession." This, the seventh book in Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, is one of his lesser heralded novels, certainly when compared to the other major mysteries, such as 'A Study In Scarlet' and 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' , but was no less an intriguing proposition to me, particularly having read the six previous collections to this point. "Medioc

Ridley Coote
Feb 142 min read


The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Dir: Wes Anderson
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUvh8diDd9D/?igsh=MXRubWJscGdvNDJwOQ== When the time came to watch this 2007 road-trip comedy, I had already seen most of Wes Anderson's distinctive and popular filmography, but this was one of the few I had yet to see. I honestly knew very little about it, but I was also aware that Wes has his hallmarks - an emotional core, dry comedy, and a very recognisable filmmaking and visual style. With the film's positive critical reception,

Ridley Coote
Feb 142 min read
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