There is no doubt that 47 Ronin was Universal Studio’s hope-child given its vast budget of $175-million. However, unlike The Last Samurai in whose footsteps this movie obviously attempted to follow, the difference between their respective results is stark; in fact, rather akin to that between a ...
Maciej Matuszewski reviews two highly-anticipated Christmas specials
Following on from the Oscar-nominated The Descendants (featuring George Clooney’s best performance in years, and introducing the amazing Shailene Woodley – soon to be seen in The Fault in Our Stars), Nebraska is Alexander Payne’s latest film as director, and (unsurprisingly) it’s almost everything.. Nebraska Director: Alexander Payne
Dwarves are useless and can’t do anything, whilst Wood Elves and their fluid, slick gymnastic movements are awesome and humans haven’t yet had the chance to shine: that’s the message to take away from Desolation of Smaug, the second entry to Peter Jackson’s overblown Hobbit trilogy.
Emily Fulham celebrates the return of the most honest show on TV
It’s an unbelievably touching story of human survival, love, and forgiveness.
“Thank god for me”, says Rosalyn Rosenfeld (Jennifer Lawrence), after setting fire to her brand new microwave, ignoring her husband’s advice to not put something metallic in there.
Lynch is the master of creating unsettling dreamlike visions and the surreal. He has written and directed cult classics such as Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001).
There are a many strange things about trying to decide who is the ‘best actor’ because whatever performance they give is through the lens of a director and rewritten by the editor.
The example above shows a script that is clearly not one which will stop denigration of women in films. It does however pass the Bechdel Test.
If the single word that makes up this article’s title is the one thing you took away from watching Mary Poppins then you may be surprised to know that the jolly word would have most likely induced a deep frown of disapproval from the author of the book itself, P. L. Travers (Emma Thompson).
So it’s been about a year since the first Hunger Games film made its debut, however, the second one in the series catches up with the protagonists before a whole year has passed for them.