Category Archives: Movies

Cinema Experience – The Christopher McQuarrie era of ‘Mission: Impossible’ films (November 2025)

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For four nights over the past weekend, my Mum and I have been enjoying the last four ‘Mission: Impossible’ films directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise, at Cineworld in Cardiff. That wasn’t planned since we intended to just see two ‘M:I’ movies.

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Quick DVD Review – ‘State Fair’ (1945)

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It was my Dad’s birthday recently and as a present, I gave him the 2-disc collector’s edition of the 1945 film ‘State Fair’ on DVD. This is a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film made directly for the cinema. I’m pleased my Dad enjoyed this musical film recently. Continue reading

Book Review – ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ (Novelization)

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No sooner have I done a blog post about me revisiting the first ‘Back to the Future’ film at the cinema recently, here I am again with another ‘Back to the Future’ blog post! 😀 This time however, I’m sharing my thoughts on the ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ movie novelization by Craig Shaw Gardner, based on the screenplay by producer Bob Gale and on the story by director Robert Zemeckis and producer Bob Gale. I’ve greatly enjoyed checking out this book. 🙂 Continue reading

Cinema Experience – ‘Back to the Future: 40th Anniversary’

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I seem to be doing quite a lot of ‘Back to the Future’ reviews this year! I mean, more than usual. Not that I’m complaining, since it’s been great to celebrate ‘Back to the Future’s 40th anniversary more than once. And that’s more than revisiting the film trilogy itself in 2025. Continue reading

Quick Disney DVD Review – ‘The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad’

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Back in 2016, I shared a review on the 1947 Disney film ‘Fun and Fancy Free’. It was an anthology film containing two segments, including ‘Bongo’ and ‘Mickey and the Beanstalk’. Here I am sharing a quick review on another Disney anthology film from 1949. Continue reading

Cinema Experience – The ‘Spider-Man’ Film Trilogy (September 2025)

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It’s my final anniversary blog post to celebrate 10 years of ‘Bradley’s Basement’. I’d like to share with you my latest cinema experience of seeing the original ‘Spider-Man’ film trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire. I’ve greatly enjoyed revisiting the three films at the cinema. Continue reading

Book Review – ‘Iron Man’ (Novelization)

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To honour the memory of Peter David, who sadly passed away in May 2025, I’ve read and reviewed the movie novelization of the first ‘Iron Man’ movie in the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’. It’s been great to check out this movie novelization and find out how the ‘MCU’ begins in prose form via Peter David’s superb style of writing. Continue reading

Quick Movie Review – ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’

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Here we are again! We’ve returned to the world of ‘Downton Abbey’ in the third and final instalment of the supposed film trilogy ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’. It’s been a while since I shared reviews on ‘Downton Abbey’ in 2022. It’s nice to come back to the series in this film. Continue reading

Quick Film Review – ‘Thomas and the Magic Railroad’

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As part of my 10th anniversary celebrations on ‘Bradley’s Basement’ today, I’ve decided to share a review to commemorate Thomas the Tank Engine’s 80th anniversary. It’s a quick review of a film I enjoyed watching in 2000. I hope to do an in-depth review in future. Continue reading

Quick Movie Review – ‘Clockwise’

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This past week in the UK, we had Bank Holiday Monday in August 2025. This is what I did on Bank Holiday Monday. I cooked a lasagne for me and my parents for lunch. Later on, we saw the 1986 comedy film ‘Clockwise’, starring John Cleese, via Amazon Prime Video. Continue reading