After watching Rambo (politically foul, exploitative, staggeringly violent, terrible acting, ridiculously OTT as it strains for those iconic snapshots – everything you want from a Rambo movie) and Son Of Rambow (sweet, scruffy, charming), I got to thinking about perfect double bills. The best double bill in cinema history? Has to be Don't Look Now and The Wicker Man, bolted together for their release in '73. But the beauty of DBs, of course, is that you can make your own - as we've all been doing for years...Read More

So, a while back, I watched Cloverfield. It was really good, and left me wandering out of the cinema twitchily looking to building tops in case a monster was on his way. Of course, London is a lot lower than Manhattan (hence no Spider-Man ever set in Blighty), so the neck wasn't craned too bad, but still - the fear was there. Indeed the fear must have been massive throughout the film because, well, I sodded up.

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