Tom Jolliffe on those moments which made you love cinema… It’s different for everyone and maybe for some it never happens. Not everyone (shock horror!) is into film. For those film buffs, nerds, geeks, or even merely casual enjoyers of cinematic delights, there are always defining moments. Maybe it’s a moment within a film. Maybe […]
The Third Man to receive 4K theatrical release for 70th anniversary
Carol Reed’s classic British film noir masterpiece The Third Man is returning to the big screen this September in glorious 4K in celebration of its 70th anniversary, with a special screening and Q&A on September 1st (70 years to the day of its World Premiere) at Picturehouse Central, London, followed by a theatrical release across […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #19 – YouTube presenter and author Luke Owen on The Transformers: The Movie
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, YouTube presenter and author Luke Owen takes us back to 1986 for The Transformers: The Movie… This week, my guest on the podcast is Luke Owen – WrestleTalk presenter and the author of […]
Movie Review – The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
The Other Side of the Wind, 2018. Directed by Orson Welles Starring John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Random, Susan Strasberg, Joseph McBride, Edmond O’Brien, Mercedes McCambridge, Cameron Mitchell, Paul Stewart, Peter Jason, Tonio Selwart, Howard Grossman, Geoffrey Land, Dennis Hopper, Gregory Sierra, Benny Rubin, Cathy Luvas, Dan Tobin, George Jessel, Richard Wilson, Claude Chabrol, […]
Orson Welles’ final film The Other Side of the Wind gets a poster and trailer
Last year it was announced that Netflix was teaming up with producer Frank Marshall to complete The Other Side of the Wind, the unfinished final film of the legendary Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil). And, with its release now set for November, the streaming service has unveiled a poster and trailer for the […]
Netflix and Frank Marshall to complete Orson Welles’ final film The Other Side of the Wind
Orson Welles’ is known as one of cinema’s most legendary actors, writers and directors, with a C.V, that includes directing Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil, producing the War of the Worlds radio drama, adapting several Shakespeare plays into films and, as one of his final roles, voicing the evil and powerful planet eater Unicron in Transformers: The Movie. […]
Blu-ray Review – Citizen Kane: 75th Anniversary Edition
Citizen Kane, 1941. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris and Agnes Moorehead. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros. is celebrating Citizen Kane‘s 75th anniversary with a Blu-ray that’s the same one included in the previous 70th anniversary set. However, the DVDs with the Battle Over Citizen Kane and RKO […]
Movie Review – Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil, 1958. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles and Janet Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Exquisite deep shadows and sharp light, beaming from the screen, make Touch of Evil a film noir classic. A staple of the genre, […]
Movie Review – Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2015)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, 2015 Directed by Chuck Workman SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the life and work of Orson Welles… Vincent van Gogh, famously, sold only one painting in his lifetime. Leonardo Da Vinci struggled to finish many of the commissions he was given – his Last Supper is technically […]
