Hasitha Fernando with ten essential conspiracy thrillers… Conspiracy thrillers are a sub-genre of film that kick-started with the likes of The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File, eventually flourishing in the 70s with bonafide hits such as Three Days of the Condor, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man and Executive Action. The movies were primarily […]
4K Ultra HD Review – JFK (1991)
JFK, 1991. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman, Michael Rooker, Jay O. Sanders, Sissy Spacek, and Joe Pesci. SYNOPSIS: Oliver Stone’s controversial classic JFK makes its debut on 4K UltraHD from Shout! Factory, featuring newly remastered prints of the Director’s Cut and the theatrical version […]
JFK series in development at Netflix, said to take The Crown approach
As The Crown nears the end of its run, Netflix is looking to keep itself in the prestige political series business as Variety reports that the streamer will continue The Crown’s legacy with a similar show about the royals of American politics: The Kennedys. The series will reportedly be an adaptation of the 2020 book JFK: […]
Movie Review – JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, 2021. Directed by Oliver Stone. Featuring Donald Sutherland (voice), Whoopi Goldberg (voice), Robert F Kennedy Jr, Jacqueline Kennedy (archive), John F. Kennedy (archive), Walter Cronkite (archive), Fidel Castro (archive), Martin Luther King (archive), Gerald Ford (archive), Lee Harvey Oswald. SYNOPSIS: Writer-director Oliver Stone opens up Pandora’s box once again, […]
Back to 1991: Ten Essential Movies from Thirty Years Ago
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to look at 10 essential films from the year 1991… If it was depressing enough realising 2001 was 20 years ago, how about pondering a little on the fact 1991 is now 30 years ago. It’s terrifying how quickly time has flown. Still, whilst it’s with some melancholy that […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – JFK for Best Picture over The Silence of the Lambs
Graeme Robertson on why JFK should have won Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1991 was a little more business as usual when compared to the stellar line-up of a year like the 1976 nominations. We had some good films, but not many that would go on to be […]
