Why I Love

A look back at Joe Dante's monster movie classic

A Vietnam veteran returns home to wreak havoc

Simon professes his love for the Wesley Snipes air-bound actioner

We give thanks for the David Fincher sequel

OK, here’s a slightly unusual question for you – when was the last time you actually cried during a horror movie? Now I don’t mean a chuckle at a so-bad-its-good flick, or tears of frustration at some...

‘The Invasion’ is the fourth and most recent screen adaptation of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel ‘The Body Snatchers’ (retitled ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ for its 1956 cinema release, ostensibly...

Simon offers up his love for movies set in the Major (and Minor) Leagues

A driver locks horns with a trucker in the Spielberg classic

Simon swings for the fences as he pours praise on Tony Scott's baseball thriller

Clint Eastwood became the name that he is largely through two roles: Harry Callaghan (the no-nonsense cop who made his debut in 1971’s Dirty Harry) and The Man with No Name (the lone gunfighter who first...

Simon pays tribute to the Canadian horror classic

Ian looks back at Nic Roeg's classic

“This is the Universe. Big, isn’t it?” a voice intones at the start of A Matter Of Life And Death as we drift through the Cosmos, through the Milky Way, our Solar System, past the Moon, down through our...

Raquel Welch stars in this revenge western

Simon casts his eye over a vintage haunted house chiller

When first speaking to the editor about these Why I Love features, I was told the general idea was to not only to go into why you’re passionate about a particular film, and what makes it good, but to bring...

Simon defends the forgotten Johnny Depp slice of sci-fi

Anyone remember Dennis Pennis? The anarchic BBC interviewer played to perfection by Paul Kaye who would catch celebrities off guard by asking them stupid questions in an attempt to put them down and get a...

Everyone has had that conversation – who is your favourite Bond? Most justifiably favour Sean Connery, some prefer Roger Moore and then there are those with a fondness for Pierce Brosnan or Daniel...

When I was a kid, my sister and I would have weekend sleepovers at my aunt and uncle’s every year on our Birthdays. Luckily, they were young, insanely cool and would spoil us rotten: get in all kinds of...

Wasn’t the 80s awesome? OK, not all of it, but there was the boom in gym-culture, power, excess, evolving technology, the end of the Cold War, MTV and everyone striving to be the best they can be…...