My Favourite Films #35: Lethal Weapon 2

This movie means a lot to me, partly because I've watched it repeatedly and also because it's one of the few movies that has made me cry as an adult. In my defence, it was just after Valentine's Day, I was single and I'd been drinking. Picking up where the first movie left off with …

My Favourite Films #28, 29 and 30: The Toy Story trilogy

There are very few truly excellent trilogies, all too often there’s one part that lets it down, or in The Matrix’s case two, and sometimes they just stick on a fourth part which stops it being a trilogy. In my mind there are just five trilogies that pull it off properly, these being- Sergio Leone’s …

Crusher

I love wrestling, and I love a good heartwarming news story, so this week I had a bit of a meltdown over a truly moving story from Wrestlemania. The big news was that the Undertaker's unbeaten streak was finally ended after 21 years by Brock Lesnar (seriously, they gave it to Lesnar? Deep breaths, Chris, …

My Favourite Films #18: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

It's amazing how things from your childhood stick with you. There's a scene early on in this flick where two supporting characters have these mind controlling bugs called Ceti Eels put into their ears, I saw this movie on TV when I was about 5 and it really stuck with me and creeped me out. …