Casey Chong looks at Cameron Diaz’s best films as the star makes her return to the screen… It’s nice to see the long-missed Cameron Diaz ‘Back in Action‘ after an 11-year hiatus following her retirement from acting to raise her family. Her latest movie, streaming now on Netflix [read our review here], also sees her […]
Being John Malkovich at 25: The Story Behind The Wildly Original & Thought-Provoking Drama
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Being John Malkovich… In a year filled with such mind-blowingly brilliant efforts such as Fight Club, The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, American Beauty, The Green Mile and Eyes Wide Shut the fact that a film as wildly original and thought provoking as […]
Revisiting the Cinematic Landscape of 1999
Tom Jolliffe travels back in time 20 years to 1999 to look over the cinematic landscape… The millennium suddenly draws in. The century is in its final year. Cinema has a pre-occupation with apocalypse and disorder, chaos, among other things. It’s 1999. 20 years ago. That’s pretty frightening, but regardless, hold my hand, lets go […]
The John Cusack Pinnacle: Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity
Tom Jolliffe looks at the two films that most typify John Cusack’s qualities, Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity… Top five John Cusack films? Well, Say Anything has got to be there. Perhaps the thoroughly underrated Grifters? What else? Being John Malkovich has got to be in the running too. During Cusack’s rising years in […]
