Man at the Top, 1973. Directed by Mike Vardy.Starring Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, William Lucas, Clive Swift, Paul Williamson, John Collin and John Quentin. SYNOPSIS: Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, where he makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide because of his […]
DVD Review – Love Crime (2010)
Love Crime (French: Crime d’amour), 2010. Directed by Alain Corneau.Starring Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas and Patrick Mille. SYNOPSIS: When ruthless business executive Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas) is threatened by her young and ambitious protégé Isabelle (Laudivine Sagnier), she begins to undermine and toy with Isabelle’s naive innocence. The fallout changes the lives of both […]
DVD Review – Spanish Fly (1976)
Spanish Fly, 1976. Directed by Bob Kellett.Starring Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Graham Armitage, Nadiuska, Frank Thornton and Sue Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: On the Mediterranean island of Minorca, expat Sir Percy de Courcy buys 100,000 gallons of local wine, hoping to sell it at a vast profit. Unfortunately, the wine tastes foul, and when he asks his chauffeur […]
DVD Review – Ultraviolet: The Complete Series (1998)
Ultraviolet, 1998. Created by Joe Ahearne.Starring Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast. SYNOPSIS: A police detective is thrown into the world of vampires when hunting for his missing partner. The whole world is in a state of despair, and the people in it are under threat from distinctly un-sexy vampires in Ultraviolet. […]
DVD Review – On the Fiddle (1961)
On the Fiddle (a.k.a. Operation Snafu), 1961. Directed by Cyril Frankel.Starring Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway and Eric Barker. SYNOPSIS: Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #5 – Superman: The Movie (1978)
Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #5… Superman: The Movie, 1978. Directed by Richard Donner.Starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York […]
DVD Review – Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, 2013. Directed by Hiroshi Hamazaki.Featuring the voice talents of Matthew Mercer, Norman Reedus, Eric Bauza, Kate Higgins, James Mathis III, Clare Grant, Kari Wahlgren, JB Blanc, Troy Baker, John Eric Bentley and Tara Platt. SYNOPSIS: Iron Man is framed by a technological terrorist, and sets out to stop him and […]
Movie Review – Promised Land (2012)
Promised Land, 2012. Directed by Gus Van Sant.Starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver, Terry Kinney and Halbrook. SYNOPSIS:A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources. Promised Land is a classic […]
19th Bradford International Film Festival – Nor’easter (2012)
Nor’easter, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Brotzman.Starring David Call, Richard Bekins, Liam Aiken, Haviland Morris, Rachel Brosnahan, Danny Burstein, Geary Smith and Emory Cohen. SYNOPSIS: A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest’s commitment to church doctrine […]
To End the Culture of Remakes, Teach Hitchcock
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Hayley Dixon writes for The Telegraph… “Greg Dyke said it is ‘ridiculous’ that schools are lagging behind in a world dominated by film and television. The BFI is launching a £26 million film education programme which aims to reach every child in schools across Britain in four years. […]