Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Hong Kong Action Stars… From the fantasy swordplay of early wuxia films to the kung fu explosion of the 70s and ‘Heroic Bloodshed’ of John Woo and Ringo Lam, the action genre has always held a prominent position in the cinema of Hong Kong. The innovative output of the […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the fourth of a four part feature… read parts one, two and three. Venturing into a different medium of storytelling, Akira Kurosawa published serially Something Like an Autobiography (1978) in his homeland of Japan which covered his life up until the release of Rashomon (1950). […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Films of Steven Spielberg… With his twenty-four features amassing a global box office take of around $8.5 billion, two-time Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg is one of but a select few who can genuinely lay claim to being the greatest filmmaker of all time. A founding father of the […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the third of a four part feature… read parts one and two. “Since the time I was a young man I have always kept a notebook handy when I read a book,” stated filmmaker Akira Kurosawa who has a great appreciation for literature. “I write […]

Actor John Forsythe has passed away yesterday April 1st from pneumonia after a long battle with cancer. He was 92 years old. Forsythe began his career in the early 1940s working as a bit player for Warner Bros. before military service in World War II. After the war he joined the prestigious Actors Studio, which […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the second of a four part feature… read part one. “After the Pacific War, a great deal of noise began to be made about freedom of speech, and almost immediately abuses and loss of self-control ensued,” recollected acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa of life in Post-WWII […]

The Room, 2003. Directed by Tommy Wiseau. Starring Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero. SYNOPSIS: A black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies. After hearing this film be described as ‘one of the worst films ever made’ and a ‘mix of Tennessee Williams, Ed Wood and R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet‘ I was […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the first of a four part feature… “I was a struggling young painter,” recalled legendary moviemaker Akira Kurosawa, “I saw a newspaper advertisement, PCL [Photo Chemical Laboratories], which later became Toho Studios, wanted an assistant director. They asked applicants to write essays on the basic […]

Trevor Hogg celebrates the centenary of internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa… Born a century ago on March 23, 1910 was an artist who had the ability to cinematically blend Japanese culture with Western storytelling, allowing him to craft an enduring legend. “I am a man who likes Sotatsu, Gyokudo, and Tessai in the same way […]

Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Films of Tony Scott… British director Tony Scott’s introduction to the world of film came at 16 when he starred as the lead in Boy and Bicycle (1965), the debut short from older brother Ridley. Tony soon found that his true calling lay behind the camera and, after joining […]