Super 8, 2011. Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams.Starring Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Noah Emmerich and Glynn Turman. SYNOPSIS: A group of kids making a film on their ‘Super 8’ camera witness a freight train crash that releases ‘something’, causing the military to shut down their town and setting a series […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the fourth of a five part feature… read parts one, two and three. Collaborating with co-director Douglas Day Stewart (Listen to Me), filmmaker Steven Spielberg produced a ninety-minute video release called The Visionary (1990). The Western centres around a psychiatrist who skeptically recruits […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the third of a five part feature… read parts one and two. In the screenplay Night Skies drafted by American filmmaker John Sayles (Passion Fish), a violent space creature has the ability to kill with a touch of its boney finger. One of […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the third of a four part feature… read part one and part two. Taking a cue from previous blockbuster disaster pictures, Tim Burton assembled a cast of celebrities for his black comedy about an alien space invasion. Mars Attacks! (1996) featured Jack Nicholson (Easy Rider) […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the first of a five part feature… “My childhood was bad and it was good. It was chaotic; it was noisy; it was real loud. I have a big family, with three younger sisters,” stated American filmmaker Steven Spielberg whose reserved father, Arnold, […]

When Tom Cruise passed on the role of playing a CIA agent fingered for being a Russian sleeper spy because the story echoed too much of his Mission: Impossible franchise, the high-octane action picture nearly fell apart. Salvation for the project came from a casting suggestion made by Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal which sparked […]

With his latest offering Inception hitting cinemas this month, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Christopher Nolan in the second of a three part feature… read part one here. “There’s a very limited pool of finance in the U.K.,” observed British filmmaker Christopher Nolan. “To be honest, it’s a very clubby kind of […]

With his latest offering Inception hitting cinemas this July, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Christopher Nolan in the first of a three part feature… While studying English Literature at University College London, British director Christopher Nolan discovered the two loves of his life – his long-time producing partner and wife Emma Thomas, […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the final instalment of a five part feature… read parts one, two, three and four. “Although I have thought about leaving the world of animation many times,” confessed renowned anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, “whenever I see a piece of work that I really […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the fourth of a five part feature… read parts one, two and three. “I certainly do not make animated films just so they will be popular with children,” stated Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. “I try to create what I wanted to see […]