Posts by: A J Black

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Examining the 1980s

by A J Black | Jan 20, 2025 | Feature

The much-loved Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home has a view of the 1980s that looks quite different through 2025 eyes....

Film Stories Podcast Network | Nosferatu, Golden Globes, Batman Forever and more

by A J Black | Jan 15, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: Gothic monsters, award ceremonies, rubber-nippled heroes and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | How the 1986 sequel took the series back to its roots

by A J Black | Jan 13, 2025 | Feature

Directed by Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home went back in time to the 1980s, but also took the franchise back to its 1960s,...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Introducing the Wild, Wild Podcast

by A J Black | Jan 13, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

The Wild, Wild Podcast, a show about Italian cult cinema, is the latest addition to the Film Stories Podcast Network. Links and details here:...

The Hurricane | Denzel Washington boxing drama began the century with a punch

by A J Black | Jan 07, 2025 | Feature

A quarter of a century of cinema has passed, so we look back at some of the movies of the year 2000, beginning with Denzel Washington-starring boxing...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Doctor Who, The War of the Rohirrim, Knowing Me Knowing Yule and more

by A J Black | Jan 06, 2025 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, festive Doctor Who, new Lord of the Rings and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...

Film Stories Podcast Network | The Muppet Christmas Carol, Die Hard (1 and 2), Krampus & more

by A J Black | Dec 23, 2024 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats are Christmas themed appropriately talking a brace of John McClane,...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Wicked, Train to Busan, 70s Lord Of The Rings and more

by A J Black | Dec 18, 2024 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover famous musicals, zombie horror and more. Here’s what w...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Severance, Terrence Malick, the British New Wave and more

by A J Black | Dec 10, 2024 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover Terrence Malick, the British New Wave and more. Here’s what w...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Gladiator II, Moana, Carry on Columbus and more

by A J Black | Dec 02, 2024 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover Ancient Rome, slasher movies and more. Here’s what we’ve bee...

What exactly is the modern cinematic hero fighting for?

by A J Black | Nov 28, 2024 | Feature

With Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning on the way, AJ wonders... is the traditional cinema hero set to become a thing of the past?...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Cinematic Monsters, the French New Wave, In the Loop and more

by A J Black | Nov 26, 2024 | Film Stories Podcast Network, News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover the monster in cinema, the French New Wave and more. Here’s w...

Gladiator II and the lone hero of democracy

by A J Black | Nov 26, 2024 | Feature

It may be set in Ancient Rome, but like its predecessor, Gladiator II says a lot about the current state of democracy, AJ writes....

Frasier season 2 episodes 9 and 10 review | festive foibles to end an improved season

by A J Black | Nov 25, 2024 | Reviews, TV

Frasier season 2 comes to an end, and it ultimately finds its feet on the home stretch. Our thoughts on the final two episodes:...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Monty Python, Anora, Heretic and more

by A J Black | Nov 21, 2024 | News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover Monty Python, Sean Baker's Anora and more. Here’s what we’ve been...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Presenting Writers on Film, Cinema Italia and The James Bond Book Club

by A J Black | Nov 19, 2024 | News

Writers on Film, Cinema Italia and The James Bond Book Club, from film critic John Bleasdale, are the latest additions to the Film Stories Podcast...

Film Stories Podcast Network | Disney films, Smile, Spearhead from Space and more

by A J Black | Nov 14, 2024 | News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover top 10 Disney films, classic Doctor Who and more. Here’s what we...

Film Stories Podcast Network | introducing The CineHistorians Podcast

by A J Black | Nov 11, 2024 | News

The CineHistorians Podcast, a show about movie history, is the latest addition to the Film Stories Podcast Network. Links and details here:...

Frasier season 2 episodes 7 and 8 review | goodbye Seattle, we loved you

by A J Black | Nov 07, 2024 | Reviews, TV

Frasier heads back to Seattle, and we take a look at the latest couple of episodes from Frasier season 2 right here....

Film Stories Podcast Network | Top 100 Horror Movies, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Run Fatboy Run and more

by A J Black | Nov 05, 2024 | News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover horror mega lists, comic pastiches and more. Here’s what w...

Heretic and the rise of the modern religious horror movie

by A J Black | Nov 05, 2024 | Feature

Starring Hugh Grant, Heretic is the latest in a growing wave of modern religious horror movies. With spoilers, a look at what it might mean......

Film Stories Podcast Network | Heartstopper, the 10 Best Gaming Systems, Star Trek: Lower Decks and more

by A J Black | Oct 28, 2024 | News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chats cover 1960s comedy, B-movie science fiction and more. Here’s what we...

Frasier season 2 episodes 5 and 6 review | a spark of the old magic, darling

by A J Black | Oct 28, 2024 | Reviews, TV

Season 2 of Frasier's revival gets a lift from the return of Bebe Glazer: here's our reviews of episodes 5 and 6 of the show....

Film Stories Podcast Network | Terrifier, Joker: Folie a Deux, Splitting Heirs and more

by A J Black | Oct 22, 2024 | News

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network, our array of film and TV chat covers Terrifier, Joker and more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…...

V/H/S | The best anthology horror stories from each previous film

by A J Black | Oct 15, 2024 | Feature

To mark the arrival of V/H/S/Beyond, we take a look at the anthology series' 12-year history, and pick out the six best V/H/S short stories to date....

Film Stories Podcast Network | On the Buses, V/H/S Beyond, Joker and more

by A J Black | Oct 14, 2024 | News

I hate you, Butler! But you'll almost certainly love the selection of new things to listen to on the Film Stories Podcast Network. Here's a menu:...

Film Stories Podcast Network | The X-Files Season 10, Cabin In The Woods, Play magazine and more

by A J Black | Oct 09, 2024 | News

The Film Stories Podcast Network has hours of new stuff for you to listen to, with subjects ranging from The X-Files to Play magazine. Here's a menu:...

V/H/S/Beyond review | Anthology sequel mixes sci-fi and horror

by A J Black | Oct 07, 2024 | Reviews

A long-running horror anthology series takes a dip into alien visitation, with mixed yet diverting results. Our V/H/S/Beyond review:...

Frasier season 2 episodes 3 and 4 review | old hands and no new tricks

by A J Black | Oct 07, 2024 | Reviews, TV

All About Eve and The Dedication keep the new Frasier's season 2 going, but something's not really clicking here....

Stanley Kubrick | 2001: A Space Odyssey and its original opening sequence

by A J Black | Oct 07, 2024 | Feature

Director Stanley Kubrick originally had a very different opening in mind for 2001: A Space Odyssey. We head back to the early days of his 1968 sci-fi...