Murray Ferguson looks a ten Golden Age Hollywood stars and their modern successors… Awards season is approaching, meaning endless discussions of which performances deserve to be rewarded and who has been snubbed. This means it is as good a time as any to celebrate some of the best talent to emerge from Hollywood. Different filmmaking […]
4K Ultra HD Review – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen, and Gloria Grahame. SYNOPSIS: Perennial holiday favorite It’s a Wonderful Life was reissued on 4K UltraHD Blu-ray this year in a SteelBook that includes a vintage poster. Aside from […]
Are the days of the big name headliners disappearing?
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. […]