Kim Jong-Il & Hollywood: A Tale of Kidnapping, Videotapes and Sean Connery David Brake January 28, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off "All our movies are filled with crying and sobbing. I didn't order them to portray that kind of thing" - Kim Jong-Il "The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature....
The One Room With A View Show Christopher Preston January 23, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off The iTunes store is a dense jungle of content. It has become overgrown with mp3s and mp4s, singles, albums, compilations, movies and TV shows, books and even collections for University study. But machete your...
Extremely Premature Oscar Predictions – How Did We Do? David Brake January 16, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Back in November, we made our extremely premature Oscar predictions and with the real nominations released today, let's have a look at how we did, and potentially mock/celebrate our soothsayer ways. BEST...
The Golden Globes – Results David Brake January 13, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off The Golden Globes results are in! To be frank, there was no clear winner in the movie department last night. Each big film managed to achieve some form of recognition i.e. 12 Years a Slave - Best...
The 25 Worst Accents In Movies Ever David Brake December 3, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Accents are a key part of any actor's repartee. Any good actor can deliver a performance that could move a grown man to tears or could make a fully packed cinema laugh raucously at their comedic aplomb BUT if...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...
R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen David Brake May 7, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 1 Comment “They were considered B pictures because they were made on a tight budget. But we outlived many of the A pictures made at the same time” – Ray Harryhausen This morning, May 7, 2013, a film great left...