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When Rob Reiner died late last year it was a shock, as his long-awaited sequel to the cult classic This is Spinal Tap  (1984), Spinal Tap II: The End Continues , had just hit cinemas shortly before his untimely demise. Since his death many obituaries and film critics noted how hitherto under-appreciated Reiner’s work had been. This seemed mighty strange to me as I remember going to the cinema and loving his films, particularly the ones he made between 1984 and 1992, a run of outstanding and...

Arthur Seaton, a machinist at a bicycle factory in Nottingham, is a young rebel with a cause; the cause of not ending up tied down to living a life of domestic drudgery (as he sees it) like his parents and others around him. With his cheery mantras of “ah well, work tomorrow” and “don’t let the bastards grind you down” Arthur is out for a good life of drinking and partying at weekends whilst cocking a snook at all forms of authority and conformity. An affair with the married Brenda, and then...

Frank Capra's evergreen classic It's A Wonderful Life (1946) didn't embed itself in the collective 'Christmas movie consciousness' of film lovers overnight. In fact, it's only in recent decades that this much-loved drama of small-town American life has acquired its lofty status as the  Christmas movie. A cultural institution that probably doesn't need highlighting, let's focus instead on a couple of perhaps less well known or remembered festive favourites. Joe Dante's 1984 film Gremlins is...