Disclaimer: This review refers to film spoilers. Despite the fact that I was meant to be revising all day every day (in theory), I’ve enjoyed two cinema trips with friends in the last two weeks. Two very different films – Deadpool 2 (directed by David Leitch) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (directed by Ron Howard) –… Continue reading Solo: A Star Wars Story – The Two Johns and their epic nostalgia-fueled music!

Hook, Steven Spielberg’s sequel to the classic story of Peter Pan, was always one of my favourite movies to watch on VHS as a child growing up. Spielberg had always harboured a fascination with the Peter Pan story, and the film’s budget managed to reign in a big-name cast. Robin Williams starred as Peter Banning, a… Continue reading Hook – John Williams

Steven Spielberg’s directorial masterpiece Schindler’s List is a truly powerful story that highlights both extremes of the human moral conscience, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally and a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. The narrative follows factory owner Oskar Schindler and his efforts to save Jews from the Nazi regime, first for the profits of his own factory,… Continue reading Schindler’s List – John Williams

John Williams once related in a documentary filmed for the 20th anniversary release of E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial that the film “seemed wonderful to me…but I think the surprise was that it was as successful as it became.”. Such a statement seems absolutely right when we consider this film, Steven Spielberg’s classic about an alien arriving on… Continue reading E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams

It’s John Williams appreciation week, and I finally get to talk about something other than Star Wars! There have been many films over the years featuring Lincoln as a central figure, and Steven Spielberg’s 2012 effort Lincoln is a straightforward biopic, depicting the last years of the man’s life, and centering on his struggle to simultaneously put… Continue reading Lincoln – John Williams

I honestly can’t remember a film with as much hype and anticipation as Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Every since Disney purchased the franchise from George Lucas (for a staggering 4 billion dollars), every Star Wars fan had been eagerly awaiting Disney’s first attempt at making a Star Wars movie, with equal amounts of excitement and… Continue reading Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams

I honestly don’t care a huge amount about Christmas films, which may surprise you, but I do like a select few, and Home Alone is definitely one of my favourites in this category. It was one of the few that I would watch when I was younger. The story of a young boy being left… Continue reading Home Alone – John Williams

Note: Apologies for the lack of a review last week, I was extremely busy with work and my girlfriend visiting, so there was simply no time. Well, here we go, the film that was supposed to bring the prequel trilogy into land and finally show us how the young boy we met in Episode 1… Continue reading Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith – John Williams

The marginally better follow-up to The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones was nonetheless a let down for people who were hoping that George Lucas had just made a few silly mistakes with the first one. Where The Phantom Menace is dull and tedious, Attack of the Clones is silly and irritating, featuring an unlikable… Continue reading Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones – John Williams