Tom Jolliffe looks at the power a film’s final shot can have… There are many aspects that will make a piece of cinema stay long in your mind. You give yourself over to a film sometimes. It sweeps you away. Moments leave particularly strong and inedible impressions. One thing that many films will strive for […]
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon sci-fi movie parody posters released
With its release less than three weeks away, StrudioCanal has released four parody posters for the Aardman’s new animated sci-fi comedy adventure A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon which pay homage to Gravity, Signs, Under the Skin and 2001: A Space Odyssey; take a look here… When the intergalactic visitor – an impish and adorable […]
Funko’s New York Comic Con exclusive movie-themed collectibles revealed
Funko’s New York Comic-Con 2019 exclusive movie themed collectibles have been unveiled and includes Pop! vinyl figures for Bluntman and Chronic from Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse, Marty McFly from Back to the Future, Killer Klown from the 1988 cult classic Killer Klowns from Outerspace, Feyd Rautha from Dune, Dr. Frank Poole from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: […]
The Art of the Visually Striking Film
Tom Jolliffe looks at the art of making visually beautiful films… Cinema is a visual medium. A way to tell stories through a combination of visuals and sound, through script and direction, and the manipulation of the editing. Some films are emotionally crushing, involving, gripping. Some are audio-visual sensory overloads. Directors can opt for a […]
4 Great Films About Space Exploration To Mark 50 Years Since The Moon Landing
Graeme Robertson celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with four great films about space exploration… On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong made history. After years of careful preparation, unfortunate setbacks, heartbreaking personal losses and fierce competition from Cold War rivals, Armstrong fulfilled humanity’s dream by becoming the first person to set foot on […]
How To Be Unique In Cinema
Tom Jolliffe delves into what makes a film truly unique… If you’ve watched Captain America, or Spider-Man, or another masked hero, you’ve pretty much seen a variation on the same film. Genres themselves have clearly identifiable tropes and an action film for example, will often adhere to specific action genre calling cards. That doesn’t necessarily […]
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey receiving a 4K restoration release in October
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the upcoming 4K Ultra HD release of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey which is set to arrive on October 29th in the UK and October 30th in North America. For the first time since the original release, new 70mm prints were struck […]
Machine Men & Monoliths: Jack Kirby Tackles Clarke and Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
Allen Christian revists Jack Kirby’s Marvel Comics adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey… In 1968, Stanley Kubrick released his seminal science fiction classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Inexplicably, eight years later in 1976, Marvel Comics obtained the rights for a comic book adaptation. Jack Kirby, having returned to the House of Ideas after an all […]
The Best of the 8’s – From 1968 to 2008
As 2018 begins and we enter year 8 of this decade, Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at his favourite films from the previous five year 8’s… Beginning with… 2008 – Let The Right One In In a strong year, which included The Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire, I’ve opted for a genre redefining vampire film […]
Artificial Intelligence: The Never-Ending Cycle
George Chrysostomou on artificial intelligence in TV and film… It has to be said, we are seeing a lot of artificial intelligence and robotics within films and TV at present, and this certainly isn’t a new trend. There is a never-ending list of properties based around robotics and their competition with humanity to be a […]