Alien Director – Ridley Scott – 1979 – US – X – 116 mins 35 secs ***** Blade Runner Director – Ridley Scott – 1982 – US – AA – 117 mins 04 secs ***** Thelma & Louise Director – Ridley Scott – 1991 – US – 15 – 129 mins 22 secs ***** Bumped […]
***** Exhibition shows at BFI Southbank from Monday, 12th August to Tuesday 1st October 2024 (free to visit, but booking essential – click here) accompanied by the Stop Motion animation season including all five LAIKA feature films and much, much more In the best part of two decades, US-based Laika Studios – named after the […]
Directors – Amp Wong, Ji Zhao – 2019 – China – 99m **** A young man falls in love with a demon resembling alternately a woman and a giant snake, in this Chinese animated feature – now available on Amazon Prime Conceived as a prequel to China’s White Snake legend which has spawned numerous adaptations […]
Director – Dave Fleischer – 1936 – US – 16m – colour – Oscar nominated ***** Currently streaming on MUBI. A rare, two reeler, colour outing for the Fleischer brothers’ Popeye, this removes him from his usual urban environment to an island populated with fabulous monsters – the opening features snakes, lions, a dragon and […]