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Maybe one day. Still learning/watches lots of old movies. Caught the bug when I was 12 after seeing REAR WINDOW!

Diverting enough entertainment but filled with CGI-heavy sequences; aided by an assured lead turn from Evans. Somewhere between average and good, I think.

Was Kubrick really a director for hire here? Hard to believe he went at it half-hearted, given the result! Great movie.

Delightful black comedy and cult favourite with eccentric humour. Bud Cort’s staged suicide attempts are especially memorable (and not in bad taste at all); Cat Stevens provides an excellent soundtrack too.

Atmospheric and highly effective psychological horror and riveting commentary on belief vs scepticism and reality vs fantasy. It's expertly directed and intelligently written and lingered in my imagination for quite a while:emoji_imp:

This sci-fi classic, unlike a lot of 1950s fright-fests, is actually full of hope with its pacifist characters, anti-nuclear message and sober cry for world peace. Edmund North’s intelligent script has many layers with religious, political and social allegories; the campy effects do come across...

The first half of this is a witty, sharply scripted rom-com par excellence; it becomes treacly thereafter and it's left to the chemistry of the two stars to win the day:emoji_heart_eyes:

Hollywood at its biggest, finest and most ambitious, and one of the best examples of storytelling on celluloid; arguably the greatest romance ever presented on screen too.

Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous film is also one of his most terrifying. Anthony Perkins give a truly memorable performance in his portrayal of Norman Bates' nervous madness in this titillating, playful thriller that Hitchcock labelled a black comedy. Whatever your own interpretation is, there’s...

Brilliantly cynical look at human obsession, guilt and manipulation with Jimmy Stewart startling, playing-against-type, as a San Francisco detective forced to retire after his fear of heights causes the death of a mysterious woman he had been hired to follow; Kim Novak is ravishing as said lady...

Startling directorial debut from then 25 year-old Orson Welles, now widely regarded as one of the finest films ever made; the story, told in flashback, (a veiled portrayal of real-life media tycoon William Randolph Hearst) traces the life and career of Charles Foster Kane, a publisher whose...

This landmark American classic re-energized Hollywood, reflecting the changing moods and shifts in thinking in the late 1960s. Beatty and Dunaway excel as the real-life Depression-era outlaw lovers blazing a criminal trail across the U.S. Midwest (with a motley gang). The film switches...

John Huston’s superb directorial debut, from the story by Dashiell Hammett, is one of the greatest ever film noir thrillers. Bogart is perfectly cast as tough, hard-boiled detective Sam Spade, a no-nonsense, cynical private eye searching for a mysterious, jewel-encrusted statuette worth...

Hope is Peter “Junior” Potter (son of the original’s “Painless” Peter Potter), a Harvard graduate who travels to the Wild West to claim his inheritance. He soon finds out that his equally faint-hearted dad has left massive debts and a town baying for blood; Jane Russell is the mysterious thief...

Bob Hope is in good form as cowardly dentist ‘Painless’ Peter Potter who meets up with, and then marries, sharp-shooter Calamity Jane. He then becomes (thanks to her quick draw) a celebrated gunslinger. Frank Tashlin’s inventive script is full of gags and allows Hope free rein; Jane Russell is...

In his penultimate film, Grant plays a tipsy, disagreeable beach bum who’s tricked by an old friend (Trevor Howard) into helping the Royal Navy (to monitor Japanese air activity) on a Pacific island during WW2. His life is then further disturbed by prudish teacher Leslie Caron and her group of...

In their only film together, Grant and Curtis work really well together with fine comic timing displayed by both. Grant, especially, hardly needs to say a word in his reactions to Curtis’ vagabond demeanor to illicit laughter. Very funny nonsense, one of director Edwards’ best films and a big...

Jolson is at his best when belting out the tunes as a Jewish only child disowned by his father (Oland) as he pursues a career in showbiz. His mother (Besserer) is left heartbroken but all three get a last shot of redemption when the prodigal son returns home to New York’s Lower East Side for a...

Madcap slapstick nonsense made on a big scale is enjoyable but gets bogged down in the final third by a totally unnecessary Prisoner of Zenda spoof. Lemmon (my favourite actor, ever) is in great form though, whilst Wood never looked better (or Curtis for that matter!). Lots of good moments in...

Hepburn was never more irresistible cutting a chic, beautiful figure as charming New York socialite (ahem, escort!) Holly Golightly. Apparently co-star Peppard was an absolute nightmare to work with. It doesn't come across in their scenes together though. George Axelrod’s script sanitises the...