When I was a kid you could rely on certain films being played at certain times, a bank holiday weekend couldn’t go by without a James Bond movie; likewise there are films that would always grace the Christmas schedule, like The Land before Time, The Wizard of Oz, and Jason and the Argonauts. There are different reasons why those first two ... Read more...

Being someone who has read quite a few comics over the years, the comic book movie has always been something that’s peaked my interest. Of course there have been a slew of such movies in the last decade or so, but it’s not a new phenomenon, cinema screens have been showing the exploits of Superman and Batman since the 1940’s, in ... Read more...

This month it had been difficult to choose a top three, not because I’m spoiled for choice, because there were only five contenders. There are two definites, Rise of the Guardians (2012), which I talked briefly about last week, and The Hunter (2011) starring Willem Dafoe. Dafoe plays a mercenary sent to Tasmania by an anonymous biotech company to hunt for ... Read more...

I don’t think I’ve ever made a secret of the fact I’m a fan of the animated film. My all-time Favourite film is an animation, so here’s some animation, what could be simpler. Top Cat: The Movie (2011) I think everybody is familiar with the world of Hanna-Barbera; they produced some of the most well-known cartoon characters outside of Warner Bros. ... Read more...

I told you a little while back about the Six degrees of Netflix recommendations, and the path it led me on. If you don’t know what I’m yabbering about just flick back through a few editions of Loosetooth and you can read all about it, or skip that an click here http://markitwrite.com/six-degrees-of-netflix-recommendations-2/ The Rules: Watch a film on Netflix, give it ... Read more...

Until Tim Burton made a film about him, I had no idea who Ed Wood was, and although I’ve watched it numerous times, I’d never actually seen a Wood movie, and since he only made five, I’ve dug out my flashlight and gone exploring. Glen or Glena (1953) – Wood’s first feature, a bizarre docu-drama about transsexuals, partly based upon the ... Read more...

Not one to buck the trend,  even if the trend was started by myself, here’s the monthly rundown of the cinematic highs and lows of the past month. Adaptation (2002) – Many would wonder how you could follow the surreal brilliance of a film like Being John Malkovich, but Spike Jonze managed it with this little beauty. Adaptation is made up of ... Read more...

Paul Thomas Anderson was always going to be a filmmaker; he had no other life plan. He started making films at age twelve, after his father brought home a Betamax video camera. As a high school senior he made a 30 minute mockumentary called The Dirk Diggler Story, based on porn legend John Hommes, which would later form the basis of ... Read more...

Some weeks back I regaled you with tales of monster movies, focusing primarily with The Wolfman. Well since Hammer has just released a newly remastered version of Dracula on DVD & Blu-Ray, I thought I’d have a look at ol’ tall, dark, and pointy. Okay so any exploration of the prince of darkness has to start with Universal’s Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi. All ... Read more...

It’s March 15th 2013, and today is David Cronenberg’s 70th birthday. It’s also one of those happy coincidences that this week I’d decided to look at some of his work, and that of his son Brandon. I’d already decided to watch Brandon’s feature debut, Antiviral, the premise seemed intriguing, but I’ll get to that later. I then thought it would be ... Read more...

I used to be a big Tim Burton fan; I loved Beetlejuice, loved Mars Attacks, Loved Ed Wood. I’d even go as far to say that his version of Batman is my favourite of all the bats cinematic outings, not that strong a statement if you’ve seen Batman & Robin, and if you haven’t don’t, but I would put it ... Read more...

Here we are once again with the highs and lows of the month that was; I give you February 2013…look it’s got a bow on it and everything. The top of the heap… Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) – Tucker and Dale are a pair of hillbillies who’ve ventured into the woods to renovate Tucker’s recently acquired holiday home. Unfortunately they’re ... Read more...

Now I know it wasn’t that long ago I went on about found footage films, problem is they pretty much dominate the horror genre at present. But fear ye not this isn’t a rewind and replay situation, it’s a different spin on the whole thing…or at least that’s the plan. Starting with V/H/S. The film starts with a group of unlikeables who ... Read more...

They say you define a generation by the things they grew up with which the previous generation did not.  The kids of today have grown up with mobile phones and the internet, whereas I’m from the generation that grew up with video games. Now that’s not to say video games weren’t around, but it was during my childhood that they began ... Read more...

Now I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but in case you’ve forgotten, are unaware, or just don’t care, but need the information anyway, as a child I was a big monsters fan.  I’d watch anything featuring ghosts, vampires and the like. With that fact stated, here’s another that may surprise you, until very recently I had never watched any of the ... Read more...

So it’s come to that time again, a time of reflection, a time of heroes and villains, a time of ‘That movie was cool’ and ‘that movie took a poop in my soul’. Here’s the January rundown. Wild Bill Dexter Fletcher has been an actor for a long time, from TV series like Press Gang and Hotel Babylon, to film’s like ... Read more...

The found footage film has become somewhat of a phenomenon in recent years, what with the success of the Paranormal Activity franchise, and films such as Apollo 18 and The Devil inside. The most famous example of this sub-genre is The Blair Witch Project, the story of three film students making a documentary about a local urban legend. The three students ... Read more...

One of the complaints I have often heard about Netflix, is that they don’t have many new releases, which isn’t a completely false claim. They may not have a lot of the most recent films, but they do have a wealth of movies. But if you don’t know what to watch, here’s a way to help you with future viewing. First ... Read more...

My first experience of Tolkien’s middle earth was as a kid, younger than I can remember, we had a video that included the German episode of Fawlty Towers, and Ralph Bakshi’s animated version of Lord of the Rings. I couldn’t tell you how many times I watched that video, but it’s a lot, and every time I fast forwarded Fawlty Towers, ... Read more...

So since 2012 has come to a bitter end it must be time for the obligatory best of, and I’m never one to disappoint the people. But before we begin we need to remember the number one rule of Loosetooth… It’s not about the new films of the year, but rather the year’s new film experiences, because that’s how Joe Public watches movies, ... Read more...