A GUIDE TO BLOGS

As we're roughly halfway through the year, here's a little key to the structure of this review page:

Date of film (as screened in the cinema or the day I happened to watch it on TV/DVD)
Film Title**** (Cinema Certificate) (star rating 0-4; zero generally covers standard product or worse, 4 stars is that rarely given accolade to those films which are outstandingly made as well as being personal favourites. Make what you will of the other ratings in between.)

Cinema Venue, plus town/city

Country of origin + year. Studio or Distributor/Production Companies. Running Time of Film. bw (Black & White film). silent (if either are relevant). Screen process used (Panavision/Cinemascope/3-D, etc.)

General plot synopsis, trying not to give away too much detail, but enough to give the flavour of the story.
Review and general comments. The intention here is to be fairly concise and to try and appraise the film from an overall perspective. I prefer to use objective analysis in these reviews, although personal opinion is an inevitable element, and where appropriate, individual reflections may creep in every now and then.

Credits: Director, Stars (including the occasional forgotten veteran and/or stars of the future); and where I feel like going into more detail, writer, producer, photography, music, and any other miscellaneous departments worth noting.

Emphasis: Italics for those whose contribution is of merit.

Special Emphasis: Underline and italics for those whose contribution to the film is of outstanding merit.

+ extra little bits of trivia connected with the film, or the occasional dialogue quote

Preceded by:
The Occasional Short Film (also with star rating)
(With more succinct credits and comments; similar to the above.)