100 Favourite Films
Joe Sales
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Around the World in Eighty Days (1955)
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Ironic, and yet perhaps appropriate, at the time of writing when the world is in shutdown from a pandemic, to cover a film that crosses the ...
Monday, 11 November 2019
Fail Safe (1964)
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In the news recently it was revealed in 1983 a Soviet engineer actually had the foresight to prevent World War III, when he correctly surmis...
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Field of Dreams (1989)
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1989 was a vintage year for film - not quite the cinematic milestone as in 1939, 50 years before, but still pretty impressive - certainly w...
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
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Amidst all the First World War centenary commemorations this year, comparatively little but necessary due attention must be given to this cl...
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1988)
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For the genesis of this cult, I owe a certain debt to the late night ITV American-made programme Cinematractions for being an early heral...
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
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For Valentine's Day, a rather unusual form of romance - indeed the first of a whole new genre of its kind (not often repeated since): th...
Saturday, 27 January 2018
To Be or Not To Be (1942)
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For Holocaust Memorial Day this may seem a bizarre choice, but it is a highly effective riposte to Nazi tyranny and pompousness. It is also ...
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