Posted by Leon Nicholson on April 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at Fitzcarraldo starring Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale.
The Contenders
1982 proves another year of bona fide cinematic gems, and the task of choosing one film greater than the rest is fraught with difficulty. Dustin Hoffman stars in the wonderful gender-bending comedy Tootsie; Harrison Ford pursues rogue replicants in the visually sumptuous Blade Runner; Arnold Schwarzenegger avenges... Read More
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on January 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Jonathon Dabell gives his opinion on Firestarter starring Drew Barrymore and David Keith.
Due to be re-released on DVD Monday January 30th, 2012
Adapting a Stephen King novel for the screen has proven a challenge down the years. Some King novels lend themselves readily for film treatment – namely those in which the key events are very visual and the plot follows a clear narrative path. Others don’t constitute natural film material at all,... Read More
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