Iain Roberts' Blog

I've been thinking about entitled fans, in relation to George RR Martin and Star Wars . Where is the next book, George? Martin...

This year I saw 13 films in the cinema, a slight drop from 17 last year. Raising a toddler makes it hard to get to the theatre; but on a pos...

Yesterday I finally saw The Last Jedi . It was great fun. Thoroughly recommended. After The Force Awakens and Rogue One , we coul...

The moral degradation of US politics goes back long before Trump arrived on the scene. This was reiterated by the blogger known as Mike the...

The film director Werner Herzog explained his philosophy of life last week, on Mark Kermode's film review podcast. It resonated with me...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day was re-released this Tuesday. I went to see it, of course, and also watched the 1984 film The Terminator on DVD...

Most fictional Presidents are better than Trump, even the really bad ones. It's not hard to find noble and inspiring fictional Preside...

Ghost in the Shell is based on the 1995 Japanese animated film of the same name . Its protagonist is known as Major; she is an elite anti-...

Yesterday was Groundhog Day, so I watched the excellent film of the same name . It is set in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and I c...

Passengers (2016) has stayed with me more than I expected; beneath the glossy production design, and a love story between the two attractiv...

This year I saw seventeen films in the cinema, slightly over a 50% increase on last year. Looking after a toddler continues to restrict my m...

The BBC has polled 177 international film critics, and come up with a list of the 100 best films of the 21st century. It's not a bad ...

Obligatory warning! Major spoilers ahead for Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Continue at your own risk.

As predicted , looking after a new baby has drastically reduced my cinema-going. I saw ten films in the cinema this year, and thought I was ...

I went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Saturday. It was great fun. The last time a Star Wars movie lived up to my expectations, ...

The Martian is one of the finest science fiction films I have ever seen. It has a brilliant, tightly constructed script, and is easil...

(Following on from Part 1 and Part 2 .) This is the big one. Anakin Skywalker undergoes his final descent into evil and becomes Darth Vad...

One of the great problems with the Star Wars prequels is the lack of intelligible character motivation. The previous post looked at Episode...

Just how much has the Labour leadership contest enthused the public at large? To put its popularity in perspective, let's compare the co...

The Star Wars prequel trilogy is generally acknowledged to be awful. There are occasional bright spots, helped along by charismatic actors l...