Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
FMV Magazine’s Jonathon Dabell takes a look at Runaway Train starring Jon Voight and Eric Roberts.
Available on Blu-ray from Monday June 17th, 2013.
To see the words ‘A Golan-Globus Production’ on a movie poster in the ‘80s was not usually a sign of good quality cinema. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were a pair of Israeli cousins who had financed various films in their... Read More
Category Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags Akira Kurosawa, Alan Hume, American Ninja, Andrei Konchalovsky, Cape Fear, Charles Bronson, Cobra, Cyborg, Duet For One, Firewalker, Invasion USA, Jean Luc Godard, John P. Ryan, Julie Andrews, King Lear, Masters of the Universe, Missing in Action, Over the Top, POW – The Escape, Rebecca De Mornay, Robert De Niro, Runaway Train, Superman IV, Sylvester Stallone, Trevor Jones
Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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
Category Features, Films, Front Page · Tags A Fish Called Wanda, Al Pacino, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Buffalo '66, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Christina Ricci, Dog Day Afternoon, Falling Down, james bond, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jerry Lewis, John Cazale, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Michael Palin, Mike Myers, Robert De Niro, Seth Green, Taxi Driver, The King Of Comedy, The Naked Gun, Vincent Gallo, You Only Live Twice
Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Leon Nicholson takes a look at the hotly anticipated Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Michael Shannon.
When it was announced that Zack Snyder would be directing the (forthcoming) Superman movie there were little tingles of excitement tingling down peoples’ spines (well mine actually). Christopher Nolan was producing, and when it was made known that the likes... Read More
Category Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags 300, Amy Adams, Brandon Routh, Bryan Singer, Christopher Nolan, David S Goyer, Dawn of the Dead (2004), Henry Cavill, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Costner, Man of Steel, Michael Bay, Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road, Richard Donner, Richard Lester, Russell Crowe, Sucker Punch, Superman Returns, Take Shelter, Transfomers, Watchmen, Zack Snyder
Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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
Category Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags Coen Brothers, Cyrano De Bergerac, Dances with Wolves, David Lynch, Dead Calm, Dean Semler, Demi Moore, Edward Scissorhands, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Ward, Gerard Depardieu, Ghost, Goodfellas, Jacob's Ladder, Jean-Paul Rappenau, Jeremy Irons, John Barry, Julia Roberts, Kathy Bates, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Costner, Mad Max 2, Martin Scorsese, Mary McDonnell, Max Max 3, Michael Blake, Mike Nichols, Miller's Crossing, Misery, Patrick Swayze, Paul Verhoeven, Postcards From The Edge, Pretty Woman, Reise Der Hoffnung (aka Journey of Hope), Reversal of Fortune, Richard Gere, Richard Harris, Rob Reiner, Sean Connery, Stephen Frears, The Field, The Godfather Part III, The Grifters, The Hunt For Red October, Tim Burton, Tim Robbins, Total Recall (1990), Tremors, Wild at Heart, Young Guns
Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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
Category Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags Batman, Beau Bridges, Billy Crystal, Born On The Fourth of July, Chengshi (A City Of Sadness), Crimes And Misdemeanors, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dead Calm, Dead Poet’s Society, Do The Right Thing, Driving Miss Daisy, Drugstore Cowboy, Field Of Dreams, Glory, Gus Van Sant, Heaven & Earth, Henry V, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jeff Bridges, Jim Sheridan, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Lewis Gilbert, Lies & Videotape, Matt Dillon, Meg Ryan, Michael Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, My Left Foot, Oliver Stone, Peter Greenaway, Platoon, Robin Williams, Roger And Me, Ron Kovic, Sex, Shirley Valentine, Spike Lee, The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Little Mermaid, Tim Burton, Tom Cruise, When Harry Met Sally, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen
Posted by Leon Nicholson on May 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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
Category Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags Archie Panjabi, Blow Dry, Brassed Off, Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Renu Setna, Shahid Ahmed, Simon Beaufoy, Steve Jackson, Syed Ahmed, Tara Fitzgerald., The Full Monty, Yasmin
Posted by Leon Nicholson on May 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.
The Contenders
While it’s hard to find any genuine five-star movies from 1988, there are myriad four-and-a-half-star films to choose from. Picking the best of these is far from easy. High on the list would be Philip Kaufman’s The Unbearable Lightness Of Being,... Read More
Category Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags A Cry In The Dark, A Fish Called Wanda, Akira, Alan Parker, Barry Levinson, Barry Morrow, Beetlejuice, Big, Bob Hoskins, Bruce Willis, Cinema Paradiso, Dangerous Liaisons, David Mamet, Die Hard, Don Ameche, Dustin Hoffman, Frantic, Fred Schipisi, Gorillas In The Mist, Grease, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Joe Mategna, Lawrence Kasdan, Martin Scorsese, Melanie Griffith, Mississippi Burning, Philip Kaufman, Rain Man, Roman Polanski, Ronald Bass, Sigourney Weaver, Spoorloos (aka The Vanishing), Stephen Frears, Terry Gilliam, The Accidental Tourist, The Accused, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The Last Temptation Of Christ, The Naked Gun, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, Things Change, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Valeria Golino, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Working Girl
Posted by Leon Nicholson on May 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Untouchables starring Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery.
The Contenders
1987 is a year full of good, solid cinema – as always, the act of choosing one film above the rest is tricky. John Huston directs his final – and some say best – film with an adaptation of James Joyce’s The Dead;... Read More
Category Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags Andy Garcia, Babette’s Feast, Barry Levinson, Battleship Potemkin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Billy Drago, Brian De Palma, Broadcast News, Charles Martin Smith, Cher, Coen Br, Danny Glover, Dirty Dancing, Ennio Morricone, Fatal Attraction, Full Metal Jacket, Gabriel Axel, Good Morning Vietman, Hope And Glory, James Loyce, Jennifer Grey, John Boorman, John Huston, Kevin Costner, Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson, Moonstruck, Nicholas Cage, Oliver Stone, Patrick Swayze, Paul Verhoeven, Radio Days, Raising Arizona, Robert De Niro, Robert Stack, Robin Williams, Robocop, Scarface, Sean Connery, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Stanley Kubrick, The Dead, The Last Emperor, The Living Daylights, The Princess Bride, The Untouchables, The Wings of Desire, The Witches Of Eastwick, Timothy Dalton, Wall Street, Wim Wender, Withnail & I, Woody Allen
Posted by Leon Nicholson on May 24, 2013 · 2 Comments
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
Posted by Leon Nicholson on May 23, 2013 · 2 Comments
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
Category Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tags Caroline Williams, Contracted, David Cronenberg, Eric England, Jeff Goldblum, Najarra Townsend, Species, The Fly
