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Blu-ray Review – The Usual Suspects (1995)

November 21, 2022 by Brad Cook

The Usual Suspects, 1995. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Spacey, Suzy Amis, Benicio del Toro, and Giancarlo Esposito. SYNOPSIS: Having languished for a long time on a not-so-great Blu-ray, The Usual Suspects appears on Blu-ray again with a fresh 4K master, a new bonus […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Benicio Del Toro, Bryan Singer, Chazz Palminteri, Gabriel Byrne, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Pete Postlethwaite, Stephen Baldwin, Suzy Amis, The Usual Suspects

10 Villains Who Achieved Victory Against The Hero

September 5, 2021 by Ricky Church

Ricky Church on the villains who achieved victory over the hero… Most stories follow the same typical pattern: the hero is on a life or death journey against a powerful villain and after a long, arduous battle and some sacrifice, they win against the villain. We’ve seen the story play out in superhero adventures, detective […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Ricky Church Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, Chinatown, DC, Marvel, No Country for Old Men, Se7en, Star Wars, The Dark Knight, The Godfather, The Silence of the Lambs, The Usual Suspects, Watchmen

Audience Manipulation Through Character Perspective

February 19, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on playing with character perspective to take the audience exactly where you want them… In the history of cinema, many writers and directors have sought to transfix an audience and take them to very deliberate places. Sometimes these tales fire straight like an arrow, leading us on a linear and clear path, with […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: American Psycho, Fight Club, Rashomon, The Burning, The Handmaiden, The Usual Suspects

Cinema’s Groundbreakers – Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon

September 20, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Continuing a look back at some of the most ground-breaking films in cinema, Tom Jolliffe takes a look at Rashomon… When looking back through the work of Akira Kurosawa, it would be difficult to pinpoint only one film as particularly ground-breaking. The truth his, through his early career in a post-war boom for Japanese cinema […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon, Reservoir Dogs, Seven Samurai, Takashi Shimura, The Usual Suspects, Toshiro Mifune

When Will the Oscars Get It Right?

February 24, 2019 by Olly Krizan

Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Olly Krizan Tagged With: Academy Awards, All The President's Men, American Beauty, Black Panther, Chicago, Dances with Wolves, Driving Miss Daisy, forrest gump, Gangs of New York, goodfellas, la la land, Mississippi Burning, Moonlight, My Left Foot, network, Oscars, Pulp Fiction, Rain Man, Reservoir Dogs, Rocky, Roma, Saving Private Ryan, Se7en, Shakespeare in Love, Taxi Driver, The Cider House Rules, The Full Monty, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects

Sundance at the Oscars

February 28, 2016 by Gary McCurry

Gary McCurry on the Sundance movies that have enjoyed success at the Oscars… Since 1984, the Sundance Film Festival as we know it today has been shining a light on independent movies. Held annually in Park City, Utah, Sundance has become the largest independent film festival in the United States. Many notable directors have came […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Festivals, Gary McCurry, Movies Tagged With: Academy Awards, Black Rider, Born Into Brothels, Boys Don't Cry, Fare Dodger, Hannah and her Sisters, Little Miss Sunshine, Man on Wire, Schwarzfahrer, sundance film festival, The Times of Harvey Milk, The Usual Suspects, Twenty Feet From Stardom, Whiplash

SDCC: The Usual Suspects comic to explore Keyser Soze’s origin

July 10, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Red 5 Comics and Bad Hat Harry Productions has announced that it is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects with a new series of comics based upon Bryan Singer’s 1995 film, the first of which is set to delve into the mystery of Keyser Soze. As per CBR, Keyser Soze: Scorched Earth […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Keyser Soze: Scorched Earth, Red 5, San Diego Comic-Con International, The Usual Suspects

The Callow Way – How Films Predicted The UK General Election Result

May 10, 2015 by Neil Calloway

This week Neil Calloway looks at a movie based way of predicting election outcomes… If you hadn’t noticed, there was a General Election in the UK this week. The result was probably best summed up by the American gentleman I overhead outside the Houses of Parliament on Friday, who said “The Prime Minister who was […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Neil Calloway, Special Features Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, Lawrence of Arabia, The Class, The Usual Suspects

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