Tom Jolliffe looks at whether the days of the superstar headliner are disappearing with audiences more drawn to franchises or film concepts than the stars attached… You could say it started in Hollywood’s classic era. The movie star. The big name. They were in some ways manufactured, or at least their image was. Rock Hudson […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #10 – Sink writer-director Mark Gillis on It’s a Wonderful Life
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, filmmaker Mark Gillis discusses festive classic It’s a Wonderful Life… This week, the guest is Mark Gillis, whose new movie Sink arrives in UK cinemas this week, telling the story of a working […]
Movie Review – The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story, 1940. Directed by George Cukor. Starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. SYNOPSIS: Set to remarry, Tracy Lord (Hepburn) has to contend with her ex-husband (Cary Grant) and a reporter on the snoop (James Stewart) as she tries to go through with her upper-class wedding – with their intention to spoil it. […]