Author: Joe Willams

The special effects “make no sense to me whatsoever”.

How a reinvention of a 1940s detective “changed” this actor’s life.

“Every day after I watch it, I feel 100% better.”

The director had an unorthodox approach to the web-slinging hero.

How an unassuming comedy script can cause its readers to drop dead.

How an early classic of animation was used to deliver justice.

Blink and you’ll mis it – but perhaps you’d rather you did.

“A movie is accessible – available. That was exciting to me from a political standpoint.”

A story about a musical squirrel named Wirral.

“Doing a real deep dive into all of her films in my formative years had a really big impact on me.”

A searing portrait of working-class London during the Thatcher era.

“It doesn’t care what it is, and I think that gave people a certain feeling of freedom from reality.”