Sunday 30th March 2014
Director: Rob Reiner
Year: 1986
Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland
I've seen this movie before. Lots. And I love it. But it was my birthday, so the movie was my choice. And I chose the perfect Sunday afternoon movie, which I haven't seen for ages.
And it's still great. Adapted from the Stephen King novel The Body, it tells the story of four boys who go hunting for a dead body - and about all the trials they face along the way (trains on the line, leeches, killer dogs, friendships...). It's a story about the journey, not the destination. And what a journey it is.
Time hasn't done anything to harm this movie, and every time I watch it I love it that little bit more. A perfect slice of Sunday afternoon nostalgia - whether you were born in the 60s, the 80s or the 90s.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Watching films is one of my favourite hobbies. Often the films I watch aren't the biggest, or newest, films of the moment - but smaller independent movies, things on late night TV, or simply films I missed first time around. Not to say that the latest cinema releases don't get a look-in: my tastes are pretty diverse and I'll give almost any film a chance! This blog aims to reflect something of that diversity, reviewing as many of the films that I've watched since November 2008 as possible.
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About Me
- Anna Lawson
- I live in Bristol with my husband Dan (who I married in July 2007), my son Joe (born 2012) and daughter Jess (born 2015). I work at UWE (the University of the West of England) in Bristol as a Research and Open Access Librarian. I'm orginally from Exeter, so moving back to Bristol is a bit like coming home - especially as I studied for my undergraduate degree here (also at UWE). I love travelling and movies, although I get to do a lot less of both since the birth of our children. Although we have still managed to fit in holidays to the Isles of Scilly, Chamonix and a summer in California since Joe was born.
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