Trevor Hogg profiles the career of visionary director Robert Zemeckis in the second of a three part feature… read part one here. When Bob Gale wondered what it would have been like to have been a high school classmate of his father, Robert Zemeckis decided to develop the concept with him. The main character was […]

American History X director discusses two new feature projects… Controversial British director Tony Kaye has delivered an insight into his upcoming film slate while taking part in a Design Inspiration event to promote the Nissan Cube, stating that he has two new projects lined up for 2010 entitled Steps and Zero Point. Kaye of course […]

The biggest night in the British film industry took place in London’s Royal Opera House tonight as the 63rd annual BAFTA ceremony honoured outstanding achievement in film from 2009. Carrying British hopes for glory was coming-of-age drama An Education (dir. Lone Scherfig), tied with Hollywood heavyweights Avatar (dir. James Cameron) and The Hurt Locker (dir. […]

Kathryn Bigelow made history on Saturday night when she became the first woman to receive the Director’s Guild of America Award for Oustanding Achievement in Feature Film for her 2009 Iraq War thriller The Hurt Locker. Bigelow beat off stiff competition in the form of ex-husband James Cameron (Avatar), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Jason Reitman […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Roger Corman Protégés… Often described as the “King of the B-Movies” and with over 350 credits to his name, low-budget filmmaker and producing powerhouse Roger Corman has enjoyed one of the most prolific careers in Hollywood. Corman has earned a reputation for providing breaks to up-and-coming talent, many of […]

In the final instalment of a three-part article on the phenomenally successful animation studio, Trevor Hogg details Pixar’s merger with entertainment powerhouse Disney and continued critical and commercial success… be sure to read part 1 and part 2. Fostering a creative rapport between co-workers is something that Pixar goes out of its way to achieve. […]

In the second of a three-part article on the phenomenally successful animation studio, Trevor Hogg details Pixar’s incredible transition to feature-length movies… be sure to read part 1. On July 12, 1991, The Hollywood Reporter published an article with the headline: DISNEY, PIXAR PACT ON 3-D ANIMATION; the news item announced that the companies had […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Arnie Characters… With the recent news that ‘The Governator’ Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back – having filmed a scene alongside fellow action icons Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis for Sly’s upcoming macho-fest The Expendables – we mark his long-anticipated return to the screen with our Five Essential Arnie Characters… […]

Trevor Hogg details the early days of Pixar in the first of a three-part feature on the phenomenally successful animation studio… Realizing that he could not draw, aspiring animator Ed Catmull decided to change his academic focus to physics and computer science. “In the early 1970s, I headed to graduate school at the University of […]

Santosh Sandhu discusses the Hong Kong Film Industry… Hong Kong has a population of about 7 million people. Despite its small size, Hong Kong has been a major player in world cinema for many years. Up to the mid 1990s, Hong Kong was the world’s third largest film producer, making 300 films a year in […]