The Nightcomers, 1971. Directed by Michael Winner. Starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Verna Harvey, Christopher Ellis, Harry Andrews, Anna Palk. SYNOPSIS: Prequel to the Henry James classic ‘Turn of the Screw’ about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in […]
Blu-ray Review – 4-Film Collection: Tennessee Williams
4-Film Collection: Tennessee Williams SYNOPSIS: Warner Archive turns its focus to playwright Tennessee Williams and four films based on his plays: Baby Doll, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, and A Streetcar Named Desire. My look at Warner Archive’s series of 4-Film Collections rolls along with a package of movies based […]
Billy Zane is Marlon Brando in new trailer for Waltzing with Brando
Ahead of its release this September, a new trailer has landed online for Waltzing with Brando, the biographical drama which stars Billy Zane as the iconic Hollywood action Marlon Brando. Written and directed by Bill Fishman, the film is inspired by Bernard Judge’s memoir Waltzing with Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti and tells the […]
The Godfather’s Don Vito Corleone joins Beast Kingdom’s Dynamic 8ction Heroes figure line
Beast Kingdom has officially unveils its Dynamic 8ction Heroes Vito Corleone action figure which is inspired by the appearance of Marlon Brando in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 mob classic The Godfather. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $119.99; take a look here… Beast Kingdom proudly brings the legendary Don Vito Corleone from […]
Billy Zane is Marlon Brando in trailer for Waltzing with Brando
The first trailer for the upcoming Marlon Brando biographical drama Waltzing with Brando has been released, giving us a look at Billy Zane as the iconic Hollywood actor. Written and directed by Bill Fishman (Tapeheads, My Dinner with Jimi) and based upon Bernard Judge’s memoir Waltzing with Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti, the film […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Superman: The 5-Movie Collection
Superman: The 5-Movie Collection Directed by Richard Donner, Richard Lester, and Sidney J. Furie. Starring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Sarah Douglas, Jack O’Halloran, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Richard Pryor, Annette O’Toole, […]
Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson in 9/11 road trip comedy Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon
Sky Arts has announced that Joseph Fiennes is set to play legendary singer Michael Jackson in Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon, a one-off comedy special that details a reported road trip between Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando following the events of 9/11. He will be joined in the cast by Stockard Channing as Taylor and […]
Movie Review – The Fugitive Kind (1959)
The Fugitive Kind, 1959. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton and Joanne Woodward. SYNOPSIS: Val Xavier is on the run, and stumbling into a small town, he decides to change his ways. Employed as a clerk in a shop, he takes the attention of the manager, Lady Torrence… Marlon Brando […]
The Godfather at 50: Cinema Reinvented
Tom Jolliffe looks back at The Godfather as it turns 50… In 1967, Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde began a solid decade of a mature, intense and gritty American cinema. Though Penn was fairly experienced by this point, he was unknowingly going to help forge a path that a new wave of (future) iconic directors […]
10 Golden Age Hollywood Stars and Their Modern Successors
Murray Ferguson looks a ten Golden Age Hollywood stars and their modern successors… Awards season is in full swing, 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. […]
