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Tomorrow Never Dies: satire on the power and influence of media trapped in a formula that never dies
Roger Spottiswoode, “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997) The second of four films that Irish actor Pierce
Category: British Films
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
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Live and Let Die: as it says, live and let this film die
Guy Hamilton, “Live and Let Die” (1973) Cashing in on the blaxploitation film genre that
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You Only Live Twice: tired and formulaic film shouldn’t have lived even once
Lewis Gilbert, “You Only Live Twice” (1967) By the time this, the fifth film in
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Goldfinger: enjoyable escapist spy-thriller fantasy of its time
Guy Hamilton, “Goldfinger” (1964) Third in the series of James Bond spy film series, “Goldfinger”
A litany of blunders and oversights in “Deepwater Horizon: Ten Mistakes”
Jess Reid, “Deepwater Horizon: Ten Mistakes” (2021) An investigation into the causes of the Deepwater
British Films | Essays | Multi-media Presentations
On the Need for a Programme (A Communist Manifesto: The Classic for Today): a vision and path for capitalist societies towards Communism
Paul Cockshott, “On the Need for a Programme (A Communist Manifesto: The Classic for Today)”
British Films | Essays | Multi-media Presentations
AUKUS and the danger of war: a persuasive if simplistic argument on the stupidity of the AUKUS pact
Paul Cockshott, “AUKUS and the danger of war” (23 September 2021) After a Twitter exchange
The litany of lies, cover-ups, blunders and shortcuts that led to two air crash tragedies in “737 MAX: Ten Mistakes”
Nick Gillan-Smith, “737 MAX: Ten Mistakes” (2021) A crisp and succinct documentary, going into just
British Films | French and French-language Films
The Father: a good if generic character study of the impact of dementia on its victims and their families
Florian Zeller, “The Father” (2020) Detailing an elderly father’s deterioration from dementia, and the effects
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The Courier: a film of personal growth and suffering and of friendship transcending politics and ideology
Dominic Cooke, “The Courier” (2020) The story of Greville Wynne, a most unlikely character ever
