What is it about those same movies they show on TV every single Christmas, yet we still watch them, year in, year out, and sometimes get quite indignant if they’re not in the listings? Here are my top 10, and I hadn’t even realised that with the exception of two, they’re all musicals (which I [...]
If you’re an avid DVD or Blu-ray collector of movies past and present, there’s one occasion fast approaching that beckons some titles on the shelf to be played on your 8-channel home entertainment system. Forget about taking the night out. Just about every couple and family has some kind of Halloween celebration taking place somewhere. [...]
1. Psycho (1960) – Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller. ‘A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.’
2. Alien (1979) – ‘A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates’.
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