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Written by Lynda Wood
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Monday, 17 May 2010 12:25 |
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 Screenplay: Stephen King
Directed by: Mary Lambert
Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, this is a story of Louis Creed and his family. Louis acquires a position as the physician at a college in Maine. He moves his family from Chicago to the small college community on a country road whose traffic is made of semi tractor trailers.
New neighbour Jud Crandell, takes the Creed family on a hike down the path on their property. The trail leads them to a pet cemetery where area children have been burying their pets for generations.
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Written by David Parsons
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 12:38 |
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 Things don’t get much more apocalyptic than The Day After, a made-for-TV movie from 1983. Made in (and set during) the height of the cold war when Armageddon was seemingly only the push of a button away, the film follows a small number of people living and working in the area around Kansas City, Missouri.
As we follow their daily routines, interspersed with a few glimpses of military personnel going about their business, we see snippets of news about things gradually heating up in East Germany. First there’s a build-up of Soviet troops on the border, then the access to West Germany is cut off. News reports reiterate the NATO pledge to defend West Germany with any and all means necessary, including the use of tactical nuclear weapons …
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Written by Caroleann Tice
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 17:28 |
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 Starring:
Richard Attenborough
Kim Stanley
Nanette Newman
Mark Eden
Patrick Magee
Based on the novel by Mark McShane.
Music by John Barry
Directed by Bryon Forbes
Of all the films I have seen in my sixty odd years, this one has stayed with me.
An English black and white film, seemingly unassuming, but packed with tension.
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