It is indeed great to have gadgets that you can bring around and anywhere you go and in fact this is one convenience that you would mostly consider if you have your PSP. Although your PSP is most likely for your game addiction, you can also make it your total entertainment gadget by putting your [...]
Fresh from the success of furnishing the scripts for the extremely lucrative Bourne franchise, Tony Gilroy was given the rare opportunity to make his directorial debut with his own original screenplay Michael Clayton, an intricate, character-driven suspense story which finally confirms George Clooney to be one of the most distinguished screen actors of his generation. [...]
Before the 1970′s karate movies were only really popular in Asia, where they had been made for years, but that all changed when the world met Bruce Lee. Enter The Dragon, which was released in 1973, made a superstar out of Lee posthumously, but the true star that was introduced was martial arts. The genre [...]
At this year’s Academy Awards Aaron Sorkin said in his acceptance speech, “It’s impossible to describe what it feels like to be handed the same award that was given to Paddy Chayefsky 35 years ago for another movie with ‘network’ in the title.” It was his first Oscar win for adapting The Social Network and [...]
The Mission was the last screenplay by Robert Bolt, the writer responsible for such epic, historical movies as A Man for All Seasons and Lawrence of Arabia. Director Roland Joffe has made a film equally ambitious in its scale, featuring breathtaking cinematography by Chris Menges, deeply moving performances from stars Jeremy Irons and Robert De [...]
Frozen is the title of a 2010 film thriller directed by Adam Green (who also made the 2006 horror film “Hatchet”). Frozen is about three childhood friends who travel to a local ski resort for a Sunday afternoon of skiing. Bribing the attendant to let them on the chair lift one last time before it [...]
Director Richard Attenborough is the first to admit that his epic biopic Chaplin was a difficult film to finance and consequently the producers made demands upon him which lead it to be not as “profound a picture” as he would have liked. Nethertheless its one massive saving grace is Robert Downey Jr.’s miraculous performance as [...]
The Night of the Hunter was the directorial debut of legendary British actor Charles Laughton although due to the largely negative response from both the cinema going public and the critics during its original release in 1955 it was to be his only film behind the camera. Clearly, the movie was years ahead of its [...]
I think Disney’s 1951 version of Alice in Wonderland is not only my preferred adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories but probably my favourite cartoon from the studio’s “Golden Age” of colour animation feature films which began with Snow White in 1937; although it could so easily have been different for more than a decade [...]
It’s been 10 years since Richard Kelly’s admirable and ambitious directorial debut Donnie Darko was released to an unsuspecting cinema audience with its blend of teenage angst and paranoid schizophrenia it has become a cult movie for anyone familiar with the 1980s zeitgeist. In his breakout performance Jake Gyllenhaal plays Donnie Darko a psychologically disturbed [...]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has always been something of a guilty pleasure dating back to my days as a teenager appearing in am-dram musical revues inspired by it because the performing rights were always strictly reserved for professional productions until March 2000. The original stage show opened in London in the summer of 1973 [...]
Almost 20 years before the overhyped Inception focused on the phenomenon of dreaming Emir Kusturica directed Johnny Depp in the surreal comic fantasy Arizona Dream. The movie was produced by Claudie Ossard (Delicatessen/Amelie) and is typical of the sort of strange art-house films that Depp used to regularly appear in before finding mainstream appeal as [...]
It seems that 2010 will be remembered as a boon year for movies derived from comic strips what with Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and the various Marvel and DC Comic franchise exploits there was also Tamara Drewe based on the graphic novel of the same name by Posy Simmonds which in turn was [...]
I was given Tetro on Blu-ray as a Christmas present but I had delayed watching it as with Francis Ford Coppola’s previous release Youth Without Youth I was actually expecting to be very much disappointed by it, luckily this was not to be the case and its clearly his best entirely original screenplay since The [...]
A great advantage of parenthood is having the wonderful opportunity to revisit the movies you loved when you were growing up and experience them afresh through your child’s eyes. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is one of those timeless family films that still captivate generation-spanning audiences and its bonnet has never looked shiner than on this [...]
Having heard the controversy surrounding Kick-Ass due to its portrayal of graphic violence involving a minor I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I sat down to watch it for the first time. I’d actually delayed watching it over Christmas with the family as my father-in-law is particularly squeamish when it comes to the [...]
The film “Bingo Bongo” is a widely known Italian family comedy film released in 1982. It was directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, a director best known for his 1963 film “The Leopard”. Bingo Bongo stars Adriano Celentano as a Tarzan-esque character that’s able to communicate with every kind of animal. The film begins with the [...]
In Movie terms, masks are worn by good guys or bad guys. Whether good or bad one thing is for sure, they always look great. Here is a look at some of the more famous ones (in no particular order), all of which would make amazing fancy dress costumes if you’re stuck, or just like [...]
As a devotee of the landmark American serial drama The West Wing which ran for 7 years and focused on the day to day activities of the Oval Office and the loyal support staff who serve at the pleasure of fictional President Josiah Bartlet played effortlessly by the ever charismatic Martin Sheen, when I learnt [...]
Throughout the next month and the upcoming year, there are several action movies being released. Most of them claim to be the biggest and best of the year. Deciding which one to spend your money on can be difficult, but knowing a little about each one will help you make an informed decision before you [...]
