Ya know, we do seem to blow through a fair few sports films here at Spoiler Filled. And prison based films come to think of it. We may not claim to know much about football (or soccer, for those who like to be wrong), but we do seem to be able to pick a decent … Continue reading "213: SFFCH – Mean Machine [2001]"

Ya know, we do seem to blow through a fair few sports films here at Spoiler Filled. And prison based films come to think of it. We may not claim to know much about football (or soccer, for those who like to be wrong), but we do seem to be able to pick a decent … Continue reading "213: SFFCH – Mean Machine [2001]"

What do the Spoiler Filled Crew like to get upto at the height of Summer? That’s right, build a snow fort and watch obscure foreign films! This week we’ve decided to take a respite from the midsummer sun and travel to cold, snowy, rural Quebec where we observe The Dog Who Stopped The War and … Continue reading "212: SFFCH – The Dog Who Stopped The War a.k.a La Guerre Des Tuqués [1984]"

Well, what have we learned this week on Spoiler Filled from our watch of Baz Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom? No, not about matters of the heart and following your dreams and all that nonsense. I’m talking about the way to improve any movie is to expect a straight-up, dance-based romance. That way you’ll never be disappointed. … Continue reading "211: SFFCH – Strictly Ballroom [1992]"

We hope you’re all in the mood to be well bummed out this week here at Spoiler Filled, because Jamie has found the perfect film for it in Sidney Lumet’s Cold War political thriller Fail Safe. Whilst most of the film may be just one-sided phone calls, opening of envelopes and men staring at blinking … Continue reading "210: SFFCH – Fail Safe [1964]"

We hope you’re all in the mood to be well bummed out this week here at Spoiler Filled, because Jamie has found the perfect film for it in Sidney Lumet’s Cold War political thriller Fail Safe. Whilst most of the film may be just one-sided phone calls, opening of envelopes and men staring at blinking … Continue reading "210: SFFCH – Fail Safe [1964]"

Everyone believes it was Pulp Fiction that brought John Travolta’s career back to life, but they are wrong! It was actually a series of films about talking babies that brought him back to commercial success, and today the Spoiler Filled crew are looking at the second in the series Look Who’s Talking Too, a film … Continue reading "209: SFFCH – Look Who’s Talking Too [1990]"

Everyone believes it was Pulp Fiction that brought John Travolta’s career back to life, but they are wrong! It was actually a series of films about talking babies that brought him back to commercial success, and today the Spoiler Filled crew are looking at the second in the series Look Who’s Talking Too, a film … Continue reading "209: SFFCH – Look Who’s Talking Too [1990]"

Break out your magnifying glasses and wax those moustaches because we’re getting in the mood for a bit of mystery this week on Spoiler Filled. We finally get around to tackling the work of Agatha Christie by looking at the 1982 adaptation of Evil Under The Sun, starring Peter Ustinov as her famous detective Hercule … Continue reading "208: SFFCH – Evil Under The Sun [1982]"

John Ford and John Wayne helped to revitalize the Western films in the 1930s and onward with both becoming synonymous with the genre. But macho, action entertainment was not all they were good for it seems as Ant brings to the table The Quiet Man, a sentimental, romantic ‘dram-edy’ set in 1920’s Ireland. Now, despite … Continue reading "205: SFFCH – The Quiet Man [1952]"