This is a new development in my film research into memory conceptualisation in Cinema. Using found footage from the late 19th and early 20th century I created a short experimental film in the style of a City Symphony. While not a true example of the City Symphony as it is filmed across se...
It is the first of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, loosely based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, its sequels, and its 1939 film adaptation. Part II will emerg...
well choreographed action sequences (all of which shows that this 45 year old man can still deliver). Highlights include Chan’s nifty tricks with several baseball bats, and a couple kickboxing duels showcasing the acrobatic agility of Chan and his opponent, in...
The film itself is a decent watch and tongue-in-cheek sensibilities are necessary to appreciate the movie. There is a hint of art film qualities peppered throughout and it’s not a run-of-the-mill mainstream horror film either but a sense of humor and embracing the ridiculousness is require...
In the four years that elapsed between the book’s publication and the making of Capra’s film, world politics had only degenerated, giving the story’s expression of desire for utopia all the more urgency, an urgency that cross-pollinated with Capra’s distinctive mixture of politically spasmo...
This is also the last film to use the soundtrack composed by James Horner. During the year this was released, Universal brought back on DVD, for the first time, two of the previous Land Before Time films; The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure and The Land Before Time III...
s credits sequence for that film involving a Britannia figure and hourglasses, seen here crumbling to pieces and sinking to the ocean floor, with Billie Eilish’s duly dirge-like theme song on sound: the increasingly morbid and languid tenor of the last three Bond themes has exacerbated a ...
Reggae had barely been known outside of Jamaica until 'The Harder They Come.' In addition to starring as Ivanhoe Martin, a real-life criminal from the '40s, Jimmy Cliff sang four songs on the soundtrack -- the title track, "You Can Get It If You Really Want," Sitting in Limbo," ...
It’s also quite bloody and violent with a theme of justice being served. Exactly what you’d expect from any action/thriller to come out in the two decades following the original. The cliches and story setups had by 1983 been seen in so many crime thriller genre films that they feel ...
Knowing the films of Christopher Nolan who directed works like The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012), Inception (2010), and Dunkirk (2017) I expected what I would be served with by his new film Oppenheimer (2023). This would include a big booming soundtrack and an arguably more ‘guys’ ...