Gary Collinson presents Five Essential British Film Directors… With his latest film Inception grossing over $271m to date in North America, director Christopher Nolan has officially overtaken fellow countryman Ridley Scott to become the most financially successful British filmmaker of all time. This is a marvellous achievement when you consider the fact he’s made just […]
Encountering Spielberg: A Steven Spielberg Profile (Part 2)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the second of a five part feature… read part one here. In an effort to gain access to their son, Ila Fae Holiday and Robert Dent kidnapped a patrolman causing them to be pursued by a massive Texan police convoy; the 1969 incident […]
British Cinema: Kandahar Break (2009)
Kandahar Break: Fortress of War, 2009. Directed by David Whitney. Starring Shaun Dooley, Dean Andrews, Rasheed Naz and Tatmain Ul Qulb. SYNOPSIS: A British mine clearance engineer is pursued across the desert after falling foul of a corrupt police chief in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The feature debut of British writer-director David Whitney, Kandahar Break: Fortress of […]
Cult Cinema: The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh, 1971. Directed by Sergio Martino. Starring George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil and Carlo Alighiero. SYNOPSIS: A restless woman becomes embroiled in a horrifying mystery that threatens to drive her to the brink of madness… or worse. Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh (1971) is a Giallo […]
Movies That Might Have Been – The Beatles Do The Lord of the Rings
Gary Collinson ponders the fate of The Lord of the Rings had the stars aligned differently in Movies That Might Have Been… What We Got… Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings were surely satisfied with Peter Jackson’s Award-winning trilogy, which remained pretty much faithful to the sacred […]
Movie Review – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 2010. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, and Kieran Culkin. SYNOPSIS: In order to date the girl of his dreams Ramona Flowers, Scott Pilgrim must defeat her seven evil ex’s. Having so much hype around a film can ensure that unless the film lives […]
Encountering Spielberg: A Steven Spielberg Profile (Part 1)
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, […]
British Cinema: Centurion (2010)
Centurion, 2010. Directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke, David Morrissey and Imogen Poots. SYNOPSIS: When the legendary Ninth Legion of the Roman army are decimated by a tribe of Pictish warriors, a small band of survivors must fight for survival deep behind enemy lines. The fourth feature from […]
Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing The Caped Crusader to the Screen (Part Three)
Gary Collinson traces the many screen incarnations of The Dark Knight in the third of a three-part feature… read parts one and two. While the Batman franchise was enjoying a prolonged spell of creativity and popularity throughout the 80s and 90s, the release of the much-maligned Batman & Robin (1997) looked to have steered the […]
Thoughts on… Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 2010. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn and Chloë Grace Moretz. SYNOPSIS: Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is about to start middle school. He doesn’t know what to expect or more importantly, how he’s going to survive it. Thankfully his mum has bought him […]