The Never-Ending Story (1984)
While sick, Peter likes to watch through kid’s films, and so during a particularly horrendous bout of illness, turned to a movie that he’d somehow never seen (despite it seemingly being a part of ev...
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Casper (1995)
The film Casper was huge when Peter was a kid, but he hasn’t seen it since then. How much does he remember? What’s changed? Why would a movie change? Do movies grow and change over the years? Or is th...
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Peter’s Top 6 Films of 2013
2013 was a year with a lot of cinematic potential! New Pixar film, new Tarantino film, new Wachowski film, new Disney Princess film (I really like Disney Princesses!) and a whole lot more. Did it ...
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Bechdel Test: The Other Woman
The Other Woman is surprisingly fun (with a heavy emphasis on surprisingly). It was selected for this column due to claims it was a film starring three women that doesn’t ever manage to pass the ...
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Bechdel Test: Bad Neighbours
Bad Neighbours (simply Neighbors in the US, a vastly inferior title) contains plenty of topless women, but not so much in the way of bottomless men. And with one exception, the tits aren’t there f...
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Bechdel Test: The LEGO Movie
Women are prizes. In film, if you’re male, a protagonist, and you succeed at your goal, you get everything you’ve ever dreamed of… including a woman. It’s more obvious in fairy tales – “Slay th...
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Peter’s Top 6 Films of 2012
This is, uh…late. Absurdly late. I normally finish this by the end of December, so I'm almost exactly 7 months late. The lists were made before the year ended, it's just the commentary I'm adding ...
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Peter’s Top 6 Films of 2011
Going over the lists, I've got to say...2011 was a pretty disappointing year in film. I've done a top 6 list for the past two years and there's always been a struggle to pick a favourite film. (la...
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Peter’s Top 6 Films of 2010
I decided the other day that it had been a good year for film. Having looked at the numbers, I think I'd like to retract that thought - there were 4 or 5 amazing films, and almost everything else ...
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Peter’s Top 6 Films of 2009
I just got home from seeing Where the Wild Things Are (amazing and I loved it. Average plot, great characters, and amazing amazing puppetry. The film captured what it feels like to be a child bett...
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