Some Favourite Christmas Movies

I will begin with a disclaimer – I am not pretending my selections are the best Christmas movies, and I really do think this kind of thing is rather subjective anyway. This is a selection of a few movies I really like at Christmas, in no particular order. Enjoy. I want to start with “A…

Review “The Shout” (1978)

Based on a short story by Robert Graves, “The Shout” tells the story of a man who (supposedly) has learned a mystical skill from Australian Aborigines, a shout that can kill. I am not familiar with the director (Jerzy Skolimowski) but it does have an excellent cast, headed by John Hurt, Alan Bates and Susannah…

Review “Overlord” (2018)

“Overlord” is a war/horror movie based in World War Two. As part of the D Day invasion, paratroopers are sent in behind enemy lines. The group is given the job of destroying a radio tower in a French village. Only a few of them survive the landing, and they soon realise they have run into…