Alan Williamson

  • Django Unchained (2012)

    From the moment the trailer first arrived in the summer of 2012, I knew there was something special about to hit the screens.   Quentin Tarantino was back on form with his recent German World War 2 inspired Inglourious Basterds so it was fascinating to see what he was going to do with the western era as Read Post ⇢

  • The Rum Diary (2011)

    This is the movie version of the Hunter S. Thompson novel of the same name, once again with Johnny Depp playing the lead role as he did in the 1998 classic  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In full disclosure I have not read the original novel, but based on the previous outing with Fear and Loathing, a book Read Post ⇢

  • Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

    The movie opens up with Tom Hanks, playing US Texas congressman Charlie Wilson, sitting in a hot tub, with naked women, in Las Vegas, drinking.  While this hedonism is going on he still finds time to allow the news that is on the TV behind to draw his attention.   Charlie flies under the radar being Read Post ⇢

  • Electric Dreams (1984)

    The early 80′s was the golden time for movies to explore how a more connected world, filled with computers coming into our personal lives, was going to impact us.  This era inspired a generation to grow up and take their place in shaping this new world.  I was one of those that looked upon the Read Post ⇢

  • Maverick (1994)

    The original Maverick was a TV series that ran from 1957 to 1962 and featured James Garner in the lead role as a drifter gambler in the old west going from poker game to poker game.  This remake see’s Mel Gibson reprising the lead role, Bret Maverick, who is raising the final part of his $25k (or $600k roughly Read Post ⇢

  • Back to the Future (1985)

    What more can be written about this masterpiece?  30 years old this year and this movie simply does not age.  As fresh and as thrilling as the day it was first shown.  Even the DeLorean is not aging after 30 years still looking futuristic.   Living out in the Scottish sticks, I did not get Read Post ⇢

  • The Island (2005)

    I was reminded of this movie while on holiday when I read the excellent book on the story of Dreamworks.  This movie was not without its a problems, with an ever expanding budget that kept the pressure on the young studio to return its investment of finally $126M.  So what does that coin get you? Read Post ⇢

  • Standby (2014)

    This is a no effort-required Irish romantic comedy about a man who, finds himself working with his mother for the Irish tourist board at the information desk at Dublin airport.  A girl from his 8 years past, arrives at the airport stranded for the night, waiting the next flight to the USA (hence the title Read Post ⇢

  • Harry Brown (2009)

    Who remembers the character, Paul Kersey, wonderfully played by Charles Bronson in the Deathwish movies from the 1970s?  Quiet man, turned vigilante   after his limits have been pushed.  You know the story, we have to witness all the atrocities, wrong doings and darn right evil acts, so when the hero of the story finally flips you 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.