Author: Unsalted Popcorn

OK, I think I need to finally admit something publicly – I never saw Trainspotting at the cinema. In fact, I only watched it recently because I was

I had already been eagerly anticipating going to see Jackie before the news broke of John Hurt’s death. The passing of the man who brought 1984 to life

Approaching a Mel Gibson film these days is, at best, tricky. His apparent views on certain issues having been made very public, it’s hard to approach a film

You may have missed the memo, but we don’t live in the nicest of times – America is now governed by toxic Wotsit who swept to power on

Sometimes you wonder why a film exists – this year’s Turtle disaster, for example, or any of the Transformers films after the first one. The answer, obviously, is

It’s been mentioned before around here, but it’s a rare and precious thing in 2016 to be able to go into a film and know absolutely nothing about

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t that bothered about going to see Doctor Strange. I should have been, being a Marvel fan n all, but… Meh. For a start,

As I may have mentioned around here once or twice before, reviewing films is a great thing to do – only, if you’re doing it properly, you don’t

You may, possibly, have heard of this film already – the comedy community is raving about it, film critics are raving about it and just about everyone we

There is something of a Western revival going on at the moment. The Magnificent Seven has been given a make-over, Jane Got A Gun hit the big screen

For those who care about such things, there is actually a rule here at Popcorn Towers – write the review as soon after seeing the film as possible.

OK, let’s be clear about this from the off – I have no idea why this film exists. Well I do – money. It’s going to be a

Sometimes, you feel you are just meant to see a film. Since its release, we’ve been planning to see The Nice Guys – but life has a way

The financial crisis has, if nothing else, given us quite a lot of new culture to get to grips with. From the vast array of books covering all

John Le Carre is on something of an up-swing at the moment. Since Gary Oldman put on a mac and brought George Smiley to the big screen, his