Cinema Review: Dead Man Down
Simon Collings takes a look at Dead Man Down starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace and Terrence Howard. Currently on General Release at UK Cinemas. Dead Man Down is an action packed revenge thriller directed by Niels Arden Oplev – best known for directing the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009). The film stars Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace and Terrence Howard. Victor (Farrell), a highly skilled mobster, has managed to infiltrate the... Read More
Cinema Review: Stoker
Leon Nicholson takes a look at Stoker starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode and directed by Park Chan-wook. Currently on General Release at UK Cinemas. If being the star of Prison Break and appearing in Mariah Carey music videos wasn’t enough, Wentworth Miller finds himself as producer and writer of Stoker. Should he, however, go back to having prison plans tattooed over his body or has he finally shaken of those penitentiary shackles... Read More
Cinema Review: Hitchcock
Leon Nicholson takes a look at Hitchcock starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson. Currently on General Release at UK Cinemas Yet again, during awards season – another ‘biopic’ film of sorts; this time focusing on the possibly the greatest filmmaker the movie world has ever seen – Alfred Hitchcock. Based on Stephen Rebello’s book - Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Hitchcock concentrates on the relationship... Read More
Fifty Shades Of Cinema – 1972: Solyaris (aka Solaris)
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Solyaris directed by the great Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk. The Contenders 1972 marks yet another year of movie greats – high on the list of contenders would be Hitchcock’s surprisingly graphic thriller Frenzy; John Boorman’s terrifying outdoor nightmare Deliverance; Bernardo Bertolucci’s hugely controversial Last Tango In Paris;... Read More
Fifty Shades of Cinema: 1964 – Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb starring Peter Sellers. The Contenders 1964 marks possibly the trickiest year of them all when it comes to selecting one film greater than all others. The wealth of cinematic excellence to choose from is staggering by any standards. My Fair Lady remains one of the greatest musicals ever made; Mary Poppins is still... Read More
Fifty Shades Of Cinema: 1963 – Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)
Fifty Shades Of Cinema is a new weekly feature introduced by Jonathon Dabell in which we take a look at the best films of the past fifty years. Working chronologically from 1963 to the present, the ‘main contenders’ from each year are discussed in the opening paragraph of each article. The reviewer then proceeds to review their favourite movie of that year. The Contenders 1963 was a mighty fine year for cinema – selecting a ‘Film Of The Year’... Read More
Opinion: Ninety Years of Alfred Hitchcock
FMV Magazine’s Simon Collings takes a look at the career of one of cinema’s greatest directors – Alfred Hitchcock. Picture the scene: two people sat at a table having a conversation. Nothing special I know, just an image of people talking – rather mundane. Add to the scene, however, an image of a ticking time bomb underneath the table and you immediately create a different atmosphere – a sense of unease both on and off screen. In... Read More
Film News: Vertigo Tops ‘Greatest’ Poll
Vertigo has replaced Citizen Kane as the greatest movie of all time. A poll conducted every ten years by Sight & Sound Magazine asks film critics for what they consider to be the best film of all time; and for the first time since 1962, Citizen Kane has finally been knocked off the top spot. Vertigo, directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, which initially received mixed reviews on its release, tells the story... Read More
Opinion: The Top Five Movie Openings
FMV Magazine’s Simon Collings takes a look at the ‘select few’ he considers to be the Top 5 Movie ‘Openings’. The great film director Alfred Hitchcock famously declared that once the opening credits to his masterpiece Psycho (1960) had rolled no one was allowed to enter the movie theatre. This might seem a bit harsh but it clearly emphasised his belief in the importance of an opening to a film. An opening is the one chance a director... Read More
Opinion: Top 5 Performances Dismissed By The Academy
With the Academy accused of ‘playing it safe’ with this year’s shortlist, Simon Collings takes a look at the performances that have controversially failed to win an Academy Award. With the awards season just around the corner, most in vogue movie stars will be yearning for that much sought-after Oscar, which will no doubt catapult them to the top of their industry. Some will be previous winners wanting to increase their tally; others... Read More
