Opinion: Cinema’s Dumbest Criminals
FMV Magazine’s Simon Collings trawls through the film archives to give his opinion on cinema’s daftest crooks. Whether they are hotheaded gangsters blasting their way through Hollywood’s golden era of the 1930s; ruthless, sadistic Nazi commanders appearing in epic war movies; or more recently, smooth-talking thieves planning their next elaborate heist; the image of... Read More
Fifty Shades of Cinema: 1990 – Dances With Wolves
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Dances With Wolves starring Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell. The Contenders The quest to choose the greatest film of any given year is never easy, and so it proves with 1990. Crime films are especially well represented in this year, with Francis Ford Coppola relenting after 16 years to give us the long-awaited... Read More
Fifty Shades of Cinema: 1989 – Born On The Fourth of July
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at Born on The Fourth of July starring Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe. The Contenders 1989 offers a cinematic landscape loaded with many good, and some great, titles. Once again, selecting the best of the bunch is no mean feat. Indy is back in action in the exhilarating Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade; plus there’s... Read More
Yorkshire Tales: Yasmin (2004)
Yorkshire Tales continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Yasmin, starring Archie Panjabi and Shahid Ahmed. Yasmin is a low-key, sensitively handled examination of racial and religious prejudice filmed in Keighley. It is scripted by Keighley-born Simon Beaufoy, already the writer of successful Yorkshire-based films like The Full Monty (1997) and Blow Dry (2001) – here, Beaufoy... Read More
Cannes Film Festival: Redemption
In his final film review from Cannes, Leon Nicholson takes a look at Redemption starring Ye Liu and Ni Ni. Redemption was screened at Cannes Film Festival as part of the Marche du Film event. The promo line was somewhat surprising but very interesting. Redemption was billed as “the first psychological film from China.” The synopsis however, suggested something different. What... Read More
Cannes Film Festival: Contracted
Leon Nicholson takes a look at Contracted starring Najarra Townsend and directed by Eric England. Contracted was screened at Cannes Film Festival as part of the Marche du Film event. With screenings galore taking place in Cannes, one is bound to come across ‘guilty pleasures’ (or if you like, bad movies). Contracted could well easily be classed as this as it attempts to put... Read More
Cannes Film Festival: The Pin
Leon Nicholson takes a look at The Pin starring Milda Gecaite and Grisha Pasternak. The Pin was screened at Cannes Film Festival as part of the Marche du Film Event. The great thing about film festivals are when, unexpectedly, little gems pop up restoring one’s faith in cinema. Usually it’s the small independent movies that do this and The Pin – a Canadian Yiddish language... Read More
Cannes Film Festival: Combustion
Leon Nicholson takes a look at the Spanish movie Combustion starring Alex Gonzalez, Adriana Ugarte and Alberto Ammann. Combustion was screened at Cannes Film Festival as part of the Marche du Film event. Being the biggest film festival in the world does not necessarily mean that all the movies screened will be top class. Sure, this is a matter of opinion but when one has sat down... Read More
Cannes Film Festival: Jeune et Jolie (Young and Beautiful)
Leon Nicholson takes a look at Juene et Jolie starring Marine Vacth, Geraldine Philhas and Frédéric Pierrot. Jeune et Jolie is a strange movie to describe and review. It chronicles the sexual experiences of a 17 year old girl through four seasons from the moment she loses her virginity to the point where it seems she becomes a sexually liberated woman. After losing her virginity... Read More
Cannes Film Festival: The Bling Ring
Leon Nicholson takes a look at The Bling Ring starring Emma Watson, Israel Broussard and Katie Chang. Screened as part of Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival and released on July 5, 2013 at UK Cinemas. Another opening ceremony means another red carpet affair. Glitz and glamour yet again goes hand in hand with the movie chosen to open the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes. The... Read More
