Psycho, 1960. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin. SYNOPSIS: After embezzling $40,000 from her employer, Phoenix office-worker Marion Crane flees the monotony of her mundane existence with dreams of starting a new life in California with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis. As night begins to fall, an exhausted […]

In tribute to the screenwriter and playwright Horton Foote, who died yesterday March 4th aged 92, a look at the film for which he received an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay… To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962. Directed by Robert Mulligan. Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Brock Peters. SYNOPSIS: A young girl growing […]

With the release of the highly anticipated movie adaptation of Watchmen now less than a week away, and the return of Hugh Jackman as everyone’s favourite feral mutant in May’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which film will reign supreme? Welcome to Superhero Showdown 2009! 2008 was the year that Hollywood legitimised the comic-book genre. With the […]

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Easy Rider, 1969. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson. SYNOPSIS: Two young bikers complete a drug deal and use their earnings to finance a trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of the American Dream. This epic journey takes them deep into the heart of the United […]

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