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Movie Review – The Fabelmans (2022)

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The Fabelmans, 2022. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera. SYNOPSIS: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, from age seven to eighteen, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and […]

Great Directors and Their Forgotten Gems

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the forgotten gems that most great directors have… If you think of many great directors you cast your mind to their career highlights. Those iconic films. Many of these directors become largely defined by one or two films in particular (sometimes more). Additionally occasionally you might also remember those films that […]

From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark at 40

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On its 40th anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Raiders of the Lost Ark and its genre defining legacy… Steven Spielberg was well and truly announced by the the beginning of the 80’s. A number of successful features in and he was on a roll. Jaws became a pop cultural phenomenon and really was a […]

Steven Spielberg shares frustrations over day-and-date releases and rise of streaming

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Steven Spielberg tells The New York Times the business of making films has almost changed too much since the pandemic began. “The pandemic created an opportunity for streaming platforms to raise their subscriptions to record-breaking levels and also throw some of my best filmmaker friends under the bus as their movies were unceremoniously not given […]

Rusty Nail vs Candy Cane: Revisiting Joy Ride at 20

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at 2001’s Joy Ride… Terror on the highways. A cat and mouse chase as unsuspecting folk wending their merry way across the long American highways, get targeted by a mysterious stalker. It worked in Duel when Steven Spielberg announced himself as a film-maker who might just be something special. […]

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans takes home the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award

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Could we be heading into an awards season dominated by Steven Spielberg? The legendary filmmaker is looking to recover from his West Side Story letdown at the Oscars with his first awards win of the 2022/2023 season. Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. This marks Spielberg’s first […]

First trailer for Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans

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Coinciding with its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last night, Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for The Fabelmans, the latest offering from legendary director Steven Spielberg and inspired by his own childhood as an aspiring filmmaker. Watch it below… The film stars Gabriel LaBelle (The Predator, American Gigolo series) as […]

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans drops first poster ahead of TIFF world premiere

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Universal Pictures has released the first official poster for The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama. The poster features much of the main cast, including Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Paul Dano (The Batman), Seth Rogen (Pam & Tommy), who play roles inspired by […]

Rolling Out for Michael Bay’s Transformers 15th Anniversary

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Ricky Church revisits Michael Bay’s Transformers as it turns 15… Throughout the nearly 40 years of the Transformers franchise, it has spanned many different forms of media from toylines, animated series, video games and comics. While the franchise hit the big screen early on with Transformers: The Movie, the animated tie-in to the original cartoon series, […]