Rams (2020): A tale of two feuding brothers, sheep and a good dog.
Rams is a superb comedy-drama directed by Jeremy Sims (Beneath Hill 60) and starring Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and everyone’sContinue Reading
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Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Dr. Shirley helps Tony write a letter to his wife.
The critics and the Academy a few years ago had nothing but praise for Green Book. It was controversially awarded BestContinue Reading
John Ford’s revered masterpiece ‘How Green Was My Valley’ (1941).
If you have read the novel How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, you will instantly realise what a grimContinue Reading
Jezebel (1938):Warner Brothers Very Own Antebellum Period Drama.
One of Warner studio’s most celebrated actresses in the 1930s was a defiant and feisty young woman named Bette Davis.Continue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Grapes of Wrath – I’ll Be There speech.
John Ford’s own understanding and fondness of the American people and their history is no more evident than in hisContinue Reading
The Public Enemy (1931): The film that made James Cagney a star.
It was during the early years of the Great Depression, a time when Americans were cynical and jaded about theirContinue Reading
The Jazz Singer (1927): “You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet.”
It was in the early days of cinema that four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner arrived in HollywoodContinue Reading
Why Rey is of the utmost importance.
I will try to avoid getting too carried away with plot theories and conspiracies in this brief article, simply because for twoContinue Reading
Amazing Women Who Inspire Us: Claudia Cardinale
Foreign films are a guilty pleasure in my household. Among them are some of the greats Ameile, Cinema Paradiso, 8Continue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Sergio Leone’s Mexican Standoff.
In the late sixties, Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) was harshly criticized for its glorifiedContinue Reading
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