Category: Film review
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The Vast of Night
Creepy, claustrophobic and immaculately constructed, this stylish and intriguing sci-fi mystery thriller pays loving homage to TV shows such as The Twilight Zone as it builds to a haunting and transcendent finale. Set in the 1950’s Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz have a lovely flirtatious chemistry as an earnest telephone operator and a cocky local…
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
This 1954 definitive big screen big budget adaptation of Jules Verne’s 1870 science fiction novel is a handsomely-staged family adventure, mostly remembered for Kirk Douglas star performance and fabulous design. Yet there’s also a surprising number of Cold War concerns bubbling beneath the surface, making this hugely entertaining version far more interesting than most subsequent adaptations.…
Chris Hunneysett author 