Fifty Shades of Cinema: Hannah and her Sisters
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at a Woody Allen classic, Hannah and her Sisters starring Mia Farrow, Dianne Weist and Michael Caine. The Contenders There are a good few contenders for Film Of The Year 1986, starting with James Cameron’s Aliens, which continues the story of Sigourney Weaver’s adventures against the creature (now creatures) first encountered in the Ridley Scott original. It’s a good year all-round... 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
Yorkshire Tales: Little Voice (1998)
The Yorkshire Tales series continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at Little Voice starring Jane Horrocks and Michael Caine. Based on Jim Cartwright’s play The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, this Scarborough-set drama is a quirky and offbeat story with a surprisingly big-name cast. The play had already been a hit on the West End, with Sam Mendes directing the stage version while Jane Horrocks and Alison Steadman played the leads. Here, writer-director... Read More
Fifty Shades of Cinema: 1965 – The Sound of Music
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The Contenders Although not quite as strong a year for incredible cinema as ’63 and ’64, there are still a number of films worthy of consideration for ‘Film Of The Year 1965’. Roman Polanski’s first English-language film Repulsion is a master-class in screen suspense and dread; David Lean returns to epic... Read More
DVD Review: The Dark Knight Rises
FMV Magazine welcomes guest reviewer Heather Bennett who takes a look at The Dark Knight Rises starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The Dark Knight Rises is released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download from 3rd December, 2012. There are some people who may think that comic book film adaptations are becoming tiresome. This may be true to a certain extent but one has to remember, plain and simply – a good film is a good... 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
Yorkshire Tales: Kes (1969)
Yorkshire Tales continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Kes starring David Bradley and Lynne Perrie. Ken Loach is widely regarded these days as one of the leading British directors of his generation, a unique social commentator behind some of the most celebrated films ever to come out of our country. Kes is his second feature film, released in 1969 and based on the book A Kestrel For A Knave by Barnsley-born author Barry Hines. A gritty but... Read More
Talkin’ Oldies: The Quiet American (1958)
Talkin’ Oldies continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Quiet American starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave. Many will have heard of the 2002 version of The Quiet American starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, but few will be aware that the story had been filmed once before, in 1958 to be precise. The ’58 version is an unjustly forgotten gem from maverick director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, of All About Eve and Guys And Dolls... Read More
Silver Screams: The Island (1980)
Silver Screams continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at Peter Benchley’s The Island starring Michael Caine. Following the runaway success of Jaws, it was perhaps inevitable that producers Richard D Zanuck and David Brown would return to the works of Jaws-author Peter Benchley in search of more box office gold. Benchley’s novel The Island provides the source of inspiration this time round, and the result is one of the most downright... Read More
Cinema Review: The Dark Knight Rises
Leon Nicholson takes a look at one of the most anticipated movies of the year The Dark Knight Rises starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy. Currently On General Release at UK Cinemas. What does Spider-Man 3, Godfather: Part III, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Alien3 all have in common? The answer, of course is obvious – as they are examples of the third movie syndrome; franchises that have suffered due to ‘Number 3′ failing... Read More
