Alan Williamson

  • Music and Lyrics (2007)

    Full confession, I am a big Hugh Grant fan.  Ever since he bumbled onto our screens in Four Weddings (I know he had roles before that hit), he has been a natural lead in the romantic comedy genre.   Here we have him playing opposite Drew Barrymore. The story is a clever setup .. Grant is playing Read Post ⇢

  • Spectre (2015)

    Bond, James Bond is on his 24th outing after scoring extremely well with his previous Skyfall escapades.  With Daniel Craig back with Sam Mendes can this duo strike gold twice? The anticipation for this Bond was fever pitch, especially when the trailer dropped with a wonderful Christoph Waltz as our Bond baddie, Blofeld, and of course a brand Read Post ⇢

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

    I was really looking forward to this Guy Ritchie remake of the 1960′s TV series of the same name.  I caught this movie in preview back when it was released before I was to depart on a plane to Scotland the next morning.   I then went back to it, watching it with others, to see Read Post ⇢

  • Office Space (1999)

    This 16 year old gem was not an immediate hit when it first came out.   Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead fame) wrote and directed this story about a young mans disillusionment with corporate life.   Let us cut to the chase – if you have never worked in an office cube, with all the inter-office Read Post ⇢

  • Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)

    Spooks was a very successful BBC drama series that ran for a number of years and was the jumping off ground for one or two big movie stars – BBC dramas have a good habit of that (see Idris Elba in Luther).   Though while the BBC make world beating dramas, they rarely make the Read Post ⇢

  • 3 Days to Kill (2014)

    Kevin Costner, obviously seeing how much of an action star Liam Neeson was turning into in his later years, was wanting some of that action.   Having a script from Mr Transporter himself ( Luc Besson ) we have Costner, a older CIA agent who finds himself dying.  He decides to reconnect with his ex wife and daughter Read Post ⇢

  • Shakespeare in Love (1998)

    I remember the first time I seen this movie.  It was the opening weekend in Leicester Square, London and the whole place was decked out in a very Shakespearean theme.  We follow Will Shakespeare in Elizabethan London as he attempts to finish his play; Romeo and Ethel – the pirate princess. So already you know Read Post ⇢

  • Calvary (2014)

    I am such a huge fan of Brendan Gleeson and for that reason I keep an eye on his output.  A lot of his movies don’t make the mainstream press and this one was no different, hopping in and out of the cinema fairly quickly.  Usually the ones that don’t make mass appeal are the Read Post ⇢

  • Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

    So after 3 nights in Las Vegas what better movie to watch on the flight home than Ocean’s Eleven – the Clooney/Pitt version.  I do have the original rat pack version in my library which I will review at some point on this movie-a-day-for-a-year journey.  Amusing that the stranger, sitting beside me on flight, she Read Post ⇢

the leg-end that is, Alan Williamson.

For over 20 years, I’ve shared my thoughts whenever the muse strikes. It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, and enjoying every second.