Dirk’s Five – Creepy Kids
THE INNOCENTS proves that, if you want to create terror in your audience then there is nothing better than to appeal to their innate pedophobia. There’s something wicked about the […]
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Dirk’s Five – It’s a jungle out there!
As the country is gripped by sub-zero temperatures, what better time than to put on APOCALYPSE NOW and feel a bit sweaty under the oppressive heat of Saigon; the depiction […]
Dirk’s Five – One Letter Wonders
Following my post on Z (1969), here’s a Friday Five that won’t win you a game of Scrabble. After all, poster space is limited and who wants their film to […]
Dirk’s Five – Severed Heads
Following discussion of BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974) in my last post, here is a Friday Five dedicated to a horrible horror movie staple… HOW TO GET […]
Dirk’s Five – Mentors
PATCH ADAMS 1) Bruce Springsteen in HIGH FIDELITY (2000). The boss strums his way through some homely advice to the tortured sole of John Cusak, who is a personal friend […]
Dirk’s Five – Homecomings
Dirk is back. Holidays are over and the heady days of Summer are drawing to a close. The longer nights can only mean more films and the regular schedule for […]
Dirk’s Five – Hitchcock Cameos
I wanted to mark the Hitchcock week with a fitting alternative list and I have been through a number of iterations that seemed well-worn and a little boring to be […]
Dirk’s Five – Child Actors
One of the notable aspects of THE ICE STORM is the brilliant performances that Lee manages to get from his younger cast members. The film may not have launched the […]
Friday Fives: Were-wide Web
The moon is waxing on the werewolf fortnight, this Friday Five rounds off the celebrations. Dirk has been away on holiday and has returned suitably refreshed with an overwhelming desire […]
Dirk’s Five – Transformations
Since the dawn of language there have been stories about transformations. And from Ovid to Kafka, Western European literature has been fascinated with the literal and figurative change from humans […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 