Stanley Kubrick is arguably one of the greatest film directors ever to have lived, making highly regarded films like Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. He was a director many actors wanted to work with – including Leon Vitali. Vitali was a young actor in the 1970s – appearing on the stage and British TV – […]
Avengers: Infinity War has been out for almost a month, so does that mean it’s fine to openly discuss spoilers? After all, the movie’s shocking ending twist has already made the rounds as a low-effort meme (something dissolving and ‘I don’t feel so good’, comedy gold right there). Okay, fine. SPOILER WARNING – The following […]
Marty, Best Picture winner and first ever recipient of the Cannes Festival Palme d’Or, has been restored and re-released as part of Eureka’s Masters of Cinema collection. Directed by Delbert Mann, this 1955 classic is a flawed, but endearing romantic drama. Marty (Ernest Borgnine) is a 34-year old butcher who lives with his mother. Customers, […]
Fox were taken by surprise by the success of Deadpool in 2016, making $783 million from a $58 million budget. So the studio fast-tracked a sequel which even led to the first film’s director walking away. However, with a famously known fan acting as a writer and producer as well as starring, the sequel should […]
For many people in the world, there is nothing more comforting than the local bookshop. Even though it is not a library, the hushed tones of customers rustling through the aisles and attempting to find a hidden literary treasure is a unique experience. Complementing the familiar scent of new books are the memories of past […]
Amidst the success of the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and anticipation for the upcoming Good Omens series comes a feature-length adaptation of one of Gaiman’s short stories: How to Talk to Girls at Parties from Hedwig and the Angry Inch director John Cameron Mitchell. The surrealist story about teen punks in 1970s Croydon, […]
‘The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.’ – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Seven years have passed since the war of the gnomes occurred to the soundtrack of Elton John classics in Gnomeo and Juliet. The animated retelling of the Shakespearean classic of Romeo and Juliet provided families with a forgettable, but a […]
