I saw The Breakfast Club with low expectations when reviewing movies for my student newspaper. It turned out to be one of the classic teen movies of the 80s. It is my favourite from the late director John Hughes, who also gave us teen classics Ferris Bueller and Pretty In Pink, amongst many more. These…
Purple Rain
I saw Purple Rain at the press screening in Norwich before anyone other than diehard fans had ever hear of Prince. I thought his acting was quite dreadful, and the plot is pure cliche, but it was apparent that he had a charisma about him. Plus, of course, all the songs and stage performances were…
Some Came Running
Unusually, I own several pieces of memorabilia for this movie which I have never seen. I bought these posters simply because I am a big Frank Sinatra fan. He holds a special meaning for me as he was my late father’s favourite singer. I was fortunate enough to be able to take my father to…
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
This is a selection of stills and the UK press kit from Steven Spielberg’s remarkably dark follow-up to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Temple is actually a prequel to Raiders. It kicks off with a fantastic opening sequence, set to “Anything Goes”, sung in Mandarin, and climaxes with an amazing set-piece rail car chase through…
Never Say Never Again
I remember seeing this the Summer it was released. The press had amped up “The Battle of the Bonds” between the “official” Roger Moore release Octopussy and this, Sean Connery’s return to the role after 12 years at the age of 52. NSNA is a loose remake of Thunderball, and came about due to a…
Terms Of Endearment
This is a movie I went into with very low expectations but ended up loving it. I’m not normally a fan of family drama ‘weepies’. (I generally will run a mile from anything by Nicholas Sparks, for example). But for Terms of Endearment I will make an exception. I saw this at the cinema in…
The Roaring Twenties / High Sierra
Here are a pair of original stills for two Humphrey Bogart classics. I am not an avid collector of film stills, and I do not pretend to know much about how to authenticate them as originals. These both appealed, however – both in terms of the images, plus I particularly like the text at the…
This Woman Is Dangerous / Mommie Dearest
There’s no two ways about it – Joan Crawford had a reputation as an out and out bitch. I’ve not seen This Woman is Dangerous as far as I can recall, but it is a melodramatic noir thriller from 1952. I bought this poster cheaply because I thought it was a great image and with…
Friday 13th: The Final Chapter
Much as I love horror movies I have never been a fan of the Friday 13th franchise. The original Friday 13th had one decent jump scare at the end when the (un)dead Jason rears up out of Crystal Lake. I also recall a young Kevin Bacon gets offed with an arrow through his neck. But…
Red Dawn
Normally I try to post memorabilia from movies I like. But here are a pair of stills in my collection from one of my least favourite movies ever. I saw the original version of Red Dawn when I was reviewing movies for the student newspaper at university. I hated it from the off, but felt…