Poltergeist (1982): A Review.

8th November, 2018.

That’s a hell of a thing to do on your day off.

In amongst the several things I could be doing.

If you read my Daily Teasers, you’ll know I had a letter, a day or two ago, that wasn’t for me.

An eviction notice, if you must know.

For a Ms Alexandra Farrell, if memory serves, in Warescot Road: over in Pilgrims Hatch, near where my mother, and the rest of my immediate family live.

Frankly … ?

I’m sympathetic to what she’s going through: I’ve almost lost this flat a few times.

I haven’t: but luck, as well as diligence, has played a part, there.

At ANY rate … ?



I’ve put the thing in the letter box: there’s not much I could do, there, bar that.

Well, bar telling people about it.

Which I’ve done, this morning: via YouTube.

And by phoning the Brentwood Gazette.

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Have I done the right thing … ?



Is posting that sort of thing to YouTube, legal?

Is talking to the Gazette about it equally legal, or moral?

To be frank, I’m blowed if I know.

About all I can say … ?

Is simply I’m curious … 

To know why Alexandra’s eviction notice ended up in my door.

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At any rate … ?

At any rate, it’s a day off, today.

And, frankly?

That means … usually cleaning and laundry … 

And — depending on my mood, and what’s available — a film or a TV series.

I’ve just finished watching the most recent series of The Man in the High Castle: and caught the recent version of It …

And frankly, fancied something old school.

Does this mean I’ve seen a good film?

Hmmm … 

I’ve seen the 1982, Steven Spielberg produced, Tobe Hooper directed, Poltergeist … 

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The Conjuring 2 — Still Nice … !

26th October, 2016.

I have something of a confession to make.

It’s a relatively simple confession to make.

A relatively simple confession to make … about movies.

It’s quite simply this.

I don’t, usually, watch sequels.

I’ve up grown, over the years, with the impression that they’re not a patch on the original film.

With one or two exceptions, I think.

The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi were improvements on their predecessor.

Aliens — in going in an action direction — was a very different film from the original: and the better for it.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens … ?

A VAST improvement on The Phantom Menace trilogy: themselves a major argument that sequels aren’t necessarily a good thing.

A few months back, I managed to sit done with the James Wan directed, The Conjuring.

And came away thinking two things.

That The Conjuring was enjoyable.

And that The Conjuring was enjoyable enough to make me want to invest my time in its sequel: the imaginatively named The Conjuring 2.

OK, the name might be unimaginative.

The film itself … ?

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