REVIEW: The Towering Inferno

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After a highly successful run, as a producer of hit TV Science Fiction shows like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, Irwin Allen returned to the big screen in 1972, producing The Poseidon Adventure, a star-studded, technically innovative, action-disaster film. He followed this up […] Read more »

Chinatown

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One of my all-time favourite films, this was my first chance to see Roman Polanski’s gorgeously realized retro noir on the big screen. Jack Nicholson was right at the height of his acting powers here, appearing in every single scene as cocky yet resolute private eye Jake Gittes. Hired to investigate a simple affair, Gittes […] Read more »