
A mix this week of stuff that I watched over the festive season and a couple from this week, to start another year of movie watching!
Monday, 13 January 2025 17:20
By Alex Cann @alexbcann
A mix this week of stuff that I watched over the festive season and a couple from this week, to start another year of movie watching!
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Jaws, which led to cinemagoers hid ing behind their popcorn and one of the best pieces of movie music of all time.
I started a double bill on Monday afternoon with Clown In A Cornfield, a film that does what it says on the tin.
Film reviews are a funny thing. I’ve seen a fair few lukewarm verdicts on The Salt Path since I watched it, and I’m left wondering if they saw a different film, as I found it pretty epic. Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs play Raynor and Moth, who decide to embark on an epic coastal walk after ending up bankrupt, homeless, and with a bleak medical diagnosis.
With it being Halloween week, it's worth mentioning that horror has had a rather lucrative year at the cinema, with movies such as The Substance, Terrifier 3 and Smile 2 all delighting audiences and smashing their budgets at the box office.
There's often a debate about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. In my book, it absolutely is. It contains four Christmas songs in the soundtrack, the action takes place at a Christmas Eve office party, and both the director and scriptwriter say it is a festive movie.