Westerns are a genre that has so far eluded me. I have virtually no experience with the genre as a whole, apart from the odd clip from Clint Eastwood films. On TV, however, I have a little more knowledge. Two examples spring to mind, the Red Dwarf episode Gunmen of the […]
Alex Paine
Lockwood & Co – Episodes 1-3 Advance Review
This website has given me a chance to discuss a lot of films and TV, but I’ve never had the chance to watch something entirely new before it comes out. That changes today, as I recently got a chance to watch the new Netflix series Lockwood & Co before its […]
Wendell & Wild (2022) Exploration of dark & morbid concepts in suitably strange and morbid stop-motion (Review)
2023 is upon us, and I’m sure many of you have already taken every chance you can to watch all the new releases. Me? I’m still stuck in 2022, catching up on an endless string of films that slipped me by. One of those is a big one though, and […]
2022 Roundup
The end of 2022 is upon us, and December is often seen as a time to reflect on all that has happened in the year, and what an insane twelve months we have just had, with political chaos galore, our first change in monarch since 1952, and many global disputes […]
Fall (2022) Emotionally contrived with White-Knuckle Thrills (Review)
Today the subject on the table is Fall, a tense and self-contained survival thriller directed by Scott Mann, which sees an ex-climber named Becky in a depressive episode after her husband dies in a climbing accident. In an effort to raise her spirits, her friend Hunter suggests that they both […]
Reservoir Dogs (1992) Surprisingly Emotional and Effortlessly Cool Crime Classic (Blu-Ray Review)
CONTAINS SPOILERS Hello Geek Show, and welcome once again! Today I’m looking at another recent re-release on Blu-Ray, but instead of an underappreciated historical gem or unearthed Japanese monster movies from the 50s, it’s a much more widely-known film, generally accepted to be a classic. It’s Quentin Tarantino’s first feature […]
Doctor Who – The Power Of The Doctor (2022)(TV Review)
I have discussed Doctor Who plenty of times, doing pieces on each of Jodie Whittaker’s series, but the first specific episode review of Doctor Who I did was way back in January 2018, when I covered the recent Twice Upon A Time, the final episode for both Peter Capaldi as […]
Opinion Piece: Why I Think Better Call Saul Was Overrated
CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOTH BETTER CALL SAUL AND BREAKING BAD. I WILL BE DISCUSSING BOTH IN DETAIL. Hello everyone, it’s Alex here, and I’ll start by asking a question: have you ever watched something that is critically lauded, heralded as a work of greatness, and just felt completely isolated from […]
Monster (2003) Brutal and Beautifully Performed Serial Killer Psychodrama (Blu-Ray Review)
Hello everyone, it’s Alex here, and this is the first non-Classic Film Kid piece I’ve ever done, so I now have free reign to talk about whatever I want. So of course I begin with innocence and purity by reviewing a film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos in a life […]
Classic Film Kid: The Godfather (1972) & Part II (1974)(Review)
Hello everyone, it’s the Classic Film Kid and I’ve decided that this will be the last article I do under that name. I am still going to keep writing, never fear, but I’ve always had the itch to talk about more things other than classic films and considering I am […]