Author: Unsalted Popcorn

Us Brits have something of a checkered past when it comes to comedy on the silver screen. For every gem Richard Curtis delivers, someone thinks Sex Lives Of

There’s an old adage among devotees of Wittertainment that if it’s advertised on the side of a bus, a film is probably bobbins. But then reviews of Their

I won’t deny, I was excited about going to see Ghost In The Shell – and not just because it gave me a chance to see if my

Whatever your preferred genre of movie, there’s one thing we all have in common when plonking buttocks in that cinema seat. We want to be entertained. Granted, that

Sure, we all know how trailers work – show you the best bits, give you a sense of what’s going on, job’s a good ‘un. But sometimes, a

Two things happened today that in no way prepared me for Get Out – first, I happened upon an article bemoaning a dearth of mixed-race couples in films,

It’s easy to forget, but there’s a good chance that way back when you actually really enjoyed the Hammer House Of Horror movies. Or maybe you were a

There are times when, where action films are concerned, you really don’t have to have seen what went before – you can just dive right in. After all,

Genres of films – do they serve a purpose other than giving the marketing team a starting point? Do you need to know what genre a film is

Thanks to the wonders of the internet, our finely-honed review of Logan got buggered. It’s gone, disappeared, kyboshed, lost, vamooshed. Which is a real pisser, because it was

And so, as the dust Oscar dust settles and the wonderful Moonlight gets handed the big gong by the poor sods from La La Land, we take a

A couple of days ago, and I know the rest of this sentence isn’t going to make anyone’s heart leap and sing with joy, a conversation took place

OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY ANOTHER LEGO MOVIE!!!!! That was me when the news was announced. And again when I saw the trailer. Then I saw the

First up, an apology – we strive to post reviews as soon after seeing the film as possible, but sadly with this one life kind of got in

Just the other day, over on the podcast, we were musing about the dearth of original ideas coming out of the Hollywood ideas factory these days. Which, combined