Posted by Leon Nicholson on April 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at the fantatsic Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen.
The Contenders
1981 is a tough year to call when choosing the Film Of The Year. Mel Gibson returns as Max Rockatansky for a rare sequel-that-surpasses-the-original in Mad Max 2; several dwarves flee from God after stealing a time-travelling map in the delightful Time Bandits; Richard Dreyfuss goes to court... Read More
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on April 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at an all time classic – Raging Bull starring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
The Contenders
Fifty Shades Of Cinema rolls into the 1980s, where straight away a wealth of cinematic excellence awaits. World cinema is admittedly a little thin on the ground in 1980, although Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha and Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro are certainly worthy and important titles.... Read More
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on March 15, 2013 · 1 Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at Star Wars, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
The Contenders
As ever, the task of selecting a Film Of The Year presents a considerable challenge as we reach 1977. Immediately a couple of foreign titles make a strong claim for the title, one being Luis Bunuel’s tantalising That Obscure Object Of Desire, the other Paul Verhoeven’s epic Dutch war film Soldaat Van... 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 April 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A preview of footage from Ridley Scott’s forthcoming Alien prequel raises more questions than it answers, but gives a tantalising glimpse at the big ideas behind the latest instalment. FMV Magazine’s Simon Lord tells us more.
The Alien films hold a particular fascination for those of a sci-fi bent. Shorn of the technological gimcrackery and cod-mythology of Star Wars or Star Trek, their fascination comes from somewhere darker and more primal.... Read More
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on March 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Jack Furness gives a brief explanation about his love for modern and classic Sci-Fi and his opinion on John Carter starring Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins.
Currently on General Release at UK Cinemas.
John Carter is a movie which I was greatly looking forward to watching. I hugely enjoy modern science fiction stories, but I particularly admire those filmmakers who bravely create adaptations of classic sci-fi whose universes have since been declared... Read More
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