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The Runaways, 2010. Directed by Floria Sigismondi. Starring Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Michael Shannon, Riley Keough, Stella Maeve and Scout Taylor-Compton. SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age biopic about 70s teenage band The Runaways. Fronted by the then-15 year old-‘jailbait’ blonde Cherie Curie, with backing vocals and electric guitar provided by Joan Jett (who went on to sell […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the second of a five part feature… read part one here. In an effort to gain access to their son, Ila Fae Holiday and Robert Dent kidnapped a patrolman causing them to be pursued by a massive Texan police convoy; the 1969 incident […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the first of a five part feature… “My childhood was bad and it was good. It was chaotic; it was noisy; it was real loud. I have a big family, with three younger sisters,” stated American filmmaker Steven Spielberg whose reserved father, Arnold, […]

Toy Story 3, 2010. Directed by Lee Unkrich. Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Joan Cusack and Ned Beatty. SYNOPSIS: Andy has grown up and is heading off to college, and we join his toys as they voice concerns about their future. Believing themselves destined for the dumpster, they hitch a […]

With his latest offering Inception hitting cinemas this month, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Christopher Nolan in the second of a three part feature… read part one here. “There’s a very limited pool of finance in the U.K.,” observed British filmmaker Christopher Nolan. “To be honest, it’s a very clubby kind of […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the fourth of a five part feature… read parts one, two and three. “I certainly do not make animated films just so they will be popular with children,” stated Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. “I try to create what I wanted to see […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Ridley Scott in the third of a five part feature… read part one and part two. Inspired by the title of a George and Ira Gershwin song (sung on the movie soundtrack by Sting, Roberta Flack, and Gene Ammons), filmmaker Ridley Scott produced his first modern-day picture Someone […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the third of a four part feature… read parts one and two. “Since the time I was a young man I have always kept a notebook handy when I read a book,” stated filmmaker Akira Kurosawa who has a great appreciation for literature. “I write […]

Sir Ian McKellen has announced on his website that filming on The Lord of the Rings prequels will get underway in the next few months. The veteran actor – who will reprise his role as Gandalf – said that shooting on the two-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s children’s classic The Hobbit will begin […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the second of a four part feature… read part one. As a high school student, Tim Burton came up with a story concept which would serve as the basis for Edward Scissorhands (1990). A creator (Vincent Price) dies before he can complete Edward (Johnny Depp), […]