Author David Brake

In this next installment of Making It Big, we enter the horrors of the mind & witness our lead Alice Weldon survive her increasingly disturbing dreams following her recent hospitalization as well as...

James Gandolfini’s final bow is an impeccably performed, hugely likeable, entirely naturalistic romantic comedy for grown-ups. Avoiding the usual pitfalls and pratfalls of the genre, Holofcener’s...

In amongst the dusty annals of the best films never made, one blockbuster lies atop the pile. Widely known and anticipated for the last eight years, the ultimate videogame film adaptation, and the one film...

Francis Lawrence’s 2007 version of I Am Legend was a box-office smash taking just shy of $600 million dollars worldwide, with Will Smith proving the Fresh Prince was the King of Hollywood for a reason. The...

"I think a future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher . . . we might get a much better idea of what we saw." - Michael Collins, the pilot of Apollo 11, describing his views from the...

In the next Making It Big, I’m going from a sleek vision of the future to a feature film about the tough lives of three young Navajo struggling to find their success in a reservation border-town defined by...

Apart from Our Man's opening monologue, the only words of dialogue are the occasional groan of discomfort and an elongated 'Fuuuuuuck'. Redford's actions and expressions must carry the film. The 76-year-old...

To make a debut feature about the birth of beat poetry in America is a bold and risky move. Krokidas scores surprisingly well by looking at the movement not through typewriters and papers but through people...

In a new series of articles, I'm going to take a look at those independent film makers hoping to make it to the big time. So in the suitably titled, 'Making It Big', we'll be promoting these new exciting...

The two universal questions surrounding the Lance Armstrong saga are: How did it go on for so long, and why did he do it? Packed with frank admissions from nearly all parties involved, the film thrives when...

With the opening of the 57th BFI London Film Festival fast approaching, we take a quick look at the films we'll definitely be covering this year. Courtesy of Regency Enterprises 12 Years A Slave Dir:...

The internet went to town following Warner Bros.' announcement that two-time Academy Award winner Ben Affleck, aged 41, is to be the new Bruce Wayne in Batman vs. Superman/Man of Steel 2. Social networks were...

You've had 50 slices of movie trivia so let's go one better. Literally. ENJOY! 1. Die Hard originated from the failed script of Commando 2. 2. Samuel L. Jackson demanded that the studio keep Snakes on a...

Welcome to a new feature 'The Citizen Kane of Awful', in which our authors will view less than good movies and provide a minute-by-minute commentary. One Room With A View aims to be open-minded; if...

1. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the first film to ever show a toilet flush. 2. After Jaws, Spielberg tried to hang around the movie set for Alfred Hitchcock's 1976 film Family Plot in the hope of...