Tag Archives: John Hurt

Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Oddly enough, despite its 1970s setting, cold grey rooms and tweed, Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carré’s TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY feels more relevant and connective than ever. Maybe it’s because the modern world we live in is becoming … Continue reading →

Review in Brief: Jackie (2016)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Natalie Portman is pretty near perfect as Jackie Kennedy. There’s nowhere to hide with her forever centre-frame and sometimes uncomfortably close up when she is at her most vulnerable. I would have preferred more scenes with the priest (sadly not … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Billy Crudup, Biopic, Drama, Jackie, John Hurt, Natalie Portman | Leave a comment

Series Retrospective: Scott-directed Aliens

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Just in time(ish) for the release of ALIEN: COVENANT, I thought I’d look back at Ridley Scott’s two previous encounters with Xenomorphs, Engineers and Last Women Standing. ALIEN (1979) It’s sometimes hard to believe that this was only Ridley Scott’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Film Review | Tagged Alien, Alien: Covenant, Aliens, Charlize Theron, Harry Dean Stanton, Horror, Ian Holm, James Cameron, John Hurt, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Sci-fi, Sigourney Weaver | 2 Comments

Top 10 Killer Henchmen (RIP Richard Kiel)

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It really has been a tough year to be a film lover. The latest big screen icon to shuffle off his mortal coil is Richard Kiel, who died on Wednesday in hospital aged 74. A man with undeniable presence, Kiel … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment, Film Feature | Tagged Adrian Rayment, Braveheart, Brett Ratner, Carrie-Ann Moss, Chiaki Kuriyama, Elijah Wood, Film, Gareth Evans, Gert Fröbe, Goldfinger, Guillermo del Toro, Happy Hogan, Harold Sakata, Hellboy, Ian McKellen, Iron Man 3, James Badge Dale, James Bond, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hurt, Jon Favreau, Julie Estelle, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Ladislav Beran, Lawrence Fishburne, Liam Neeson, Lucy Liu, Mickey Rourke, Moonraker, Movies, Neil Rayment, Quentin Tarantino, Randall Duk Kim, Rebecca Romijn, Richard Kiel, Rob Roy, Roger Moore, Shane Black, Sin City, The Matrix Reloaded, The Raid 2, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Wachowskis, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Very Tri Yulisman, X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men: The Last Stand | Leave a comment

Top 3: Song Kang-ho

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This article was originally published on Subtitled Online November 2012. A favourite of Park Chan-wook, having appeared in four of his films, and of Bong Joon-ho, having starred in two of his films – with one more (Bong’s English-language debut) … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Subtitled Online | Tagged Bong Joon-ho, Charlie Chaplin, Chris Evans, Film, John Hurt, JSA: Joint Security Area, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Jee-woon, Ko Ah-sung, Lee Byung-hun, Memories of Murder, Movies, Park Chan-wook, Sergio Leone, Snowpiercer, Song Kang-ho, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Good the Bad the Weird, The Host, Thirst, Tilda Swinton, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Time of the Timelord

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I know this is a film blog, but I couldn’t resist marking this occasion. Today’s the day (as if you’d managed to miss it), the 50th anniversary of the debut of DOCTOR WHO. I haven’t always been a diehard fan … Continue reading →

Posted in Television | Tagged Billie Piper, Christopher Eccleston, Daleks in Manhattan, David Morrissey, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Evolution of the Daleks, Human Nature, John Barrowman, John Hurt, Kylie Minogue, Last of the Time Lords, Matt Smith, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Troughton, Russel T Davies, Sci-fi, Sophia Myles, Steven Moffat, Suranne Jones, Television, The Day of the Doctor, The Doctor Dances, The Doctor's Wife, The Edge of Destruction, The Empty Child, The Family of Blood, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Next Doctor, The Robots of Death, The Sound of Drums, The Vampires of Venice, Tom Baker, Voyage of the Damned, William Hartnell | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: John Hurt

Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Review in Brief: Jackie (2016)

Series Retrospective: Scott-directed Aliens

Top 10 Killer Henchmen (RIP Richard Kiel)

Top 3: Song Kang-ho

Time of the Timelord

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