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Ranking the Mission: Impossible franchise

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Simon Columb ranks the Mission: Impossible franchise… Where were you in 1996? It’s weird to imagine Katie Holmes watched Mission Impossible in 1996 like all of us. Young, impressionable and excited by the new action film with Cruise at the centre of it. Then, ten years later, she’s married to him and giving birth (without […]

Interviews: Try a New Form of Questioning

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Simon Columb on press junket interviews… I listen to many film podcasts. When I get behind, I’ll try and desperately catch up and inevitably listen to interviews with the same guest on different shows. This means that if Tom Cruise is speaking on various podcasts, then I’ll hear Cruise speak time and again about his new […]

Movie Review – The Knowledge (1979)

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The Knowledge, 1979. Directed by Bill Brooks. Starring Mick Ford, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Elphick, David Ryall, Jonathan Lynn, Kim Taylforth, Maureen Lipman and Leslie Joseph. SYNOPSIS: Four out-of-work Londoners decide to train to be taxi-drivers. But, before they can take charge of a Hackney cab, they need to learn ‘The Knowledge’… All Brits know about “The Knowledge”. […]

Movie Review – Touch of Evil (1958)

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Touch of Evil, 1958. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles and Janet Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Exquisite deep shadows and sharp light, beaming from the screen, make Touch of Evil a film noir classic. A staple of the genre, […]

Movie Review – Amy (2015)

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Amy, 2015. Directed by Asif Kapadia. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting Amy Winehouse’s music and battle with drug and alcohol addiction. What takes your breath away watching Asif Kapadia’s outstanding documentary on Amy Winehouse, Amy, is how much she was hounded. Reminding us of those final moments in Princess Diana’s life, Winehouse courted paparazzi even in death, snapping and […]

Movie Review – Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2015)

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, 2015 Directed by Chuck Workman SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the life and work of Orson Welles… Vincent van Gogh, famously, sold only one painting in his lifetime. Leonardo Da Vinci struggled to finish many of the commissions he was given – his Last Supper is technically […]

Movie Review – The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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The Seven Year Itch, 1955. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. SYNOPSIS: Married man, Sherman, has to contend with the gorgeous woman upstairs when his family are away over the summer. That shot. A train whirrs past beneath the vent and wind blows her dress up as she struggles to hold […]

Movie Review – The Misfits (1961)

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The Misfits, 1961. Directed by John Huston. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. SYNOPSIS: Roslyn – wounded, shivering and cynical after her divorce – meets experienced cowboy Gay and move in with him. Harm to innocent creatures is a recurring theme as Roslyn becomes increasingly distressed by the masculine aspects of Gay’s lifestyle, and […]

5 reasons why The Lost World: Jurassic Park isn’t as bad as you remember

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Simon Columb with 5 reasons why The Lost World: Jurassic Park isn’t as bad as you remember… You did it. You planned to watch all three Jurassic Park films prior to watching Jurassic World and stalled after the first one. There are problems with The Lost World: Jurassic Park, sure, but it is crucially a Spielberg film. Not executively-produced, but directed by […]