As he celebrates his 50th birthday, here’s five underrated Leonardo DiCaprio movies… Trying to list underrated or overlooked films for one of this generation’s most beloved actors proved harder than you’d think. Leonardo DiCaprio is a famous actor, but he’s also insanely calculated with his choices. He tries to make each of these roles memorable, […]
The Gangs of New York to be developed as TV series with Martin Scorsese directing
A television series based on The Gangs of New York is in development from Miramax Television according to Deadline. The series will be based on the 1927 non-fiction book by Herbert Asbury with Brett Leonard (Shantaram) writing and Martin Scorsese, who directed the 2002 film Gangs of New York based on the same book, executive producing and […]
Twenty Years Back: The Films of 2002
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 20 years to look at the cinematic landscape of 2002… I come bearing bad news. 2002 was not a couple of years ago. No, it was 20 years ago now. I feel very old now in the wake of such a revelation. Has cinema changed much in those two decades? Looking […]
Scorsese: An all time great, and still one of the best in the business
As Martin Scorsese turns 79, Tom Jolliffe looks back on his astounding career so far… He’s been known to give master-classes in film-making. He’s also a deeply passionate cinephile. Martin Scorsese knows film. In fact he knows film so well, that comments comparing Marvel films to theme park rides courted him some controversy last year. […]
The Top 10 Rejected Film Scores
Hasitha Fernando on the top ten rejected film scores… Hans Zimmer once famously quipped that, ‘You haven’t made it as a film composer until you’ve had a film score rejected.’ Hollywood plays nasty like that. So much so that having a film score kicked to the curb, at least once in your career, has become […]
When Will the Oscars Get It Right?
Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]
