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

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

Talkin’ Oldies: Heaven Knows Mr. Allison (1957)

The Talkin’ Oldies series continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at one of John Huston’s forgotten pieces of work Heaven Knows Mr Allison; starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr. It’s always interesting to hear what movie stars and directors think of their own work, especially their opinions on the “bests” and “worsts”. Michael Caine often referred to Ashanti: Land Of No Mercy as the worst film he ever made (which it isn’t)... Read More