Tagged Cinema

Fuck. That was my initial reaction to today's sad news. I never met Philip Seymour Hoffman. Unless you float in the circles of film and Broadway, it's unlikely you did either. We won't get the chance...

"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....

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an old song being covered by a new band. Spies, baddies, countries at stake. There is even a rivalry between America and Russia. Fancy that! Chris Pine is a likeable lead, but...

1939 was the biggest year for quality movie-making that Hollywood had ever seen, with classics such as Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Ninotchka all nominees for the Best Picture...

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...

For Your Consideration: Grown Ups 2 Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph Director: Dennis Dugan Writers: Fred Wold, Adam Sandler, Tim...

Michael Cera’s Jamie is the most conservative drug collector you’re likely to meet. He may be in search of a rare hallucinogenic cactus, but he is also controlling and close-minded. His frustrated search...

“I don’t want to survive,” whispers Solomon Northup in 12 Years A Slave: “I want to live!” The Wolf of Wall Street’s Jordan Belfort subscribes to a similar philosophy. Except, for him, even...

Acclaimed American director Martin Scorsese is perhaps best known for his crime dramas, including Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and the Oscar-winning The Departed, but over a forty year career he has...

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 Beatles once sang "All you need is love; love is all you need". We've featured a variety of Kickstarter projects through our series of Making It Big. Documentaries about stamps and Inca monks, stop motion...

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...

For Your Consideration: The Avengers (1998) Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik Estimated...

How can one film cover the life of Nelson Mandela? A prisoner, a statesman, a hero over a period of 80 years; Madiba's story does not fit a three-act structure. Elba handles the challenge exceedingly well,...

You’ll want to visit Rome after watching The Great Beauty. Italy’s capital is the beauty in question and its inhabitants are the beasts, party-hardened socialites that swirl chaotically around a calm...