Alphaville, 1965. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Starring Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff and Howard Vernon. SYNOPSIS: Tasked with an undercover investigation in Alphaville, a private investigator from The Outlands realises the computer that controls the city needs to be destroyed… Jean-Luc Godard’s sci-fi film noir, on a budget, is Alphaville. Pre-dating 2001: A Space Odyssey’s unforgettable HAL9000, […]
7 badass tracks from Ennio Morricone’s The Hateful Eight score
Sean Wilson breaks down the Oscar nominated score for Quentin Tarantino’s blood-splattered epic… Proud recipient of an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe, Ennio Morricone’s spine-tingling score for Quentin Tarantino’s Western opus The Hateful Eight is rich with a sense of menace and paranoia. Morricone’s first Western soundtrack in over 30 years is also the first commissioned […]
Mad Max: Fury Road and 45 Years take top honours at the 2016 London Critics’ Circle Awards
It was another good night for Mad Max: Fury Road at the 36th annual London Critics’ Circle Awards tonight, with the action extravaganza picking up Film of the Year and Director of the Year (George Miller), while Tom Hardy was also named British/Irish Actor of the Year for his work in Fury Road, Legend, The […]
Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Apocalypse is “biggest X-Men film we’ve ever done”
It’s a big year for 20th Century Fox and its superhero movies. First up out of the gate is the R-rated Deadpool, followed by Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men adventure X-Men: Apocalypse – the first instalment in the “rebooted” timeline following the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past. During a fan Q&A, writer-producer Simon Kinberg […]
Eye-Popping: The Year’s Best Visuals – The Revenant
Anghus Houvouras on the visuals of The Revenant… It’s hard to argue just how important technology has been come to the cinematic process. We’re living in an era where cinematographers can create mind-blowing visual set pieces through a combination of what is captured in the camera, then seamlessly integrated in post production creating amazing, eye-popping […]
Ridley Scott says Alien: Covenant will be “pretty hard R”
As Ridley Scott gears up to go into production on his Prometheus sequel / Alien prequel Alien: Covenant, the filmmaker spoke to Coming Soon about the project at the Golden Globes, stating that he is shooting for a “hard R” with the film, and is looking to top the chestburster scene in Alien with something […]
BFI Review – Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction, 1994. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Rosanna Arquette. SYNOPSIS: Three stories play out in expert fashion in LA, with drugs, money and guns all at play in Quentin Tarantino’s incredible second film. It truly is a testament to Pulp […]
Movie Review – Band of Robbers (2016)
Band of Robbers, 2016. Written and Directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee. Starring Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress, Daniel Edward Mora, Eric Christian Olsen, Johnny Pemberton, Beth Grant, Cooper Huckabee, and Stephen Lang. SYNOPSIS: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure […]
Tina Fey and Ronda Rousey to star in comedy Do Nothing Bitches
Ronda Rousey’s defeat at UFC 193 doesn’t seem to have slowed the MMA fighter’s transition to Hollywood, with Deadline reporting that Rousey has signed on to star alongside Tina Fey in the comedy Do Nothing Bitches, which has been written by Paula Pell (Sisters). The site reports that the film is “a female-empowerment tale dealing […]
Why Banning and Cutting Films is a Mistake
This week, Neil Calloway argues that far from increasing revenues in conservative countries, by allowing censored versions of their movies to be shown, Hollywood will ultimately lose out… This week brought the news that transgender period drama The Danish Girl has been banned in Qatar. I doubt Working Title will be too upset that their […]
