Legendary Scottish actor slams the BBC… Screen legend Sir Sean Connery launched a scathing attack on the BBC for its lack of coverage of the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Speaking on the final day of the two week event, Connery – a patron of the festival – referred to the broadcaster as the “British […]
R.I.P. Farrah Fawcett (1947 – 2009)
Charlie’s Angels star loses battle with cancer… Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated actress Farrah Fawcett has died after a three year battle with cancer, aged 62. The star became a pop culture icon and sex symbol through her role as Jill Munroe in the classic 70’s television show Charlie’s Angels, and her death comes […]
BBFC to relax guidelines on sexual content
British film censor re-evaluates guidelines in response to audience feedback… The British Board of Film Classificiation has recently issued new guidelines after consultation with almost 9000 members of the public. Regarding explicit and graphic sexual images in films such as 9 Songs (directed by Michael Winterbottom), the BBFC found that most people felt such imagery […]
Cult Classics – The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
The Transformers: The Movie, 1986. Directed by Nelson Shin. Featuring the voice talents of Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Frank Welker, and Orson Welles. SYNOPSIS: Beyond good. Beyond Evil. Beyond your wildest imagination… As the war between the Autobots and Decepticons rages on a new enemy emerges – Unicron, a giant, planet-devouring […]
R.I.P. David Carradine (1936 – 2009)
Kung Fu and Kill Bill star found dead… Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated actor David Carradine has been found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok, where he was staying while filming his latest movie Stretch. Early police reports indicated that Carradine – best known for his work as Kwai Chang Caine in the […]
Thoughts on… Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Synedoche, New York, 2008. Written and Directed by Charlie Kaufman. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton, Emily Watson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dianne Wiest, Tom Noonan and Hope Davis. SYNOPSIS: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of […]
Five Essential… Japanese Horrors
Richard J. Moir selects his Five Essential Japanese Horrors… 5. Audition (1999, dir. Takashi Miike) Audition is a Japanese horror film but you wouldn’t think it from the opening hour. It plays as more of a romantic drama with hints of comedy (mainly coming through the actual audition scene) and leaves the audience wondering what […]
The Gay Lord of the Rings: Readings From Middle-Earth
Gary Collinson examines contemporary readings of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings… Originally published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955, The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy chronicling the ‘War of the Ring’ and the end of the Third Age of ‘Middle-Earth’ – a secondary world created by […]
Seth MacFarlane Talks Family Guy Movie
Family Guy creator announces plans for a theatrical outing for the Griffin family… Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hit animated comedy shows Family Guy, American Dad, and upcoming spinoff The Cleveland Show, has been talking to Wired Magazine about his interest in bringing Peter Griffin and company to the big screen. MacFarlane, who was attending […]
British Cinema – City Rats (2009)
City Rats, 2009. Directed by Steve M. Kelly. Starring Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki and Susan Lynch. SYNOPSIS: A low-budget British drama focussing on eight interconnected characters who struggle to deal with their personal demons throughout the course of a single day. Looking at the DVD cover for City Rats it would be easy […]
