MGM’s vast catalog of film and TV shows looks to enter a new era under Amazon Studios as new reports are saying the main reason behind Amazon’s insane $8 billion acquisition of the storied Hollywood studio is to dive deep into their IPs, and the first round of projects is beginning to take shape. Deadline […]
15 Great Feel-Good Sing-a-Long Movies
With dreary nights and a world in meltdown, we need a pick me up, so here are fifteen great sing-a-long films that are impossible not to enjoy… I stopped at pump number one yesterday and put a twenty in the tank. Then I set off. I got to pump number two and had to fill […]
Alan Parker: One of Britain’s Greatest Directors
Tom Jolliffe celebrates the career of the late Alan Parker, one of the finest directors to come out of Britain… It was saddening to hear of Alan Parker’s passing. He was a director with a number of iconic and essential cinematic works on his CV. In fact it’s a CV littered with so much quality […]
Cinema of 1980: Blockbusters Take Over
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 1980, a key turning point in cinema… After a decade that began with an overwhelming air of pessimist cinema, the end of the 70’s would mark the beginnings of a significant turn around in box office tastes. By 1980 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were household names. Star Wars, Jaws […]
