On its 40th anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Raiders of the Lost Ark and its genre defining legacy… Steven Spielberg was well and truly announced by the the beginning of the 80’s. A number of successful features in and he was on a roll. Jaws became a pop cultural phenomenon and really was a […]
Blu-ray Review – Duel 50th Anniversary Edition (1971)
Duel – 50th Anniversary Edition, 1971. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Tim Herbert and Carey Loftin. SYNOPSIS: A travelling businessman is pursued across the Californian desert by a huge tanker seemingly hell bent on killing him. By the time Steven Spielberg made Duel in 1971 he had already directed […]
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story gets a first trailer
20th Century Studios has debuted the first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the classic Broadway musical West Side Story which explores the rivalry between street gangs the Jets and the Sharks and tells the story of forbidden love; watch it here… An adaptation of the original Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY explores young love […]
Seth Rogen to play Steven Spielberg’s favourite uncle in coming-of-age biopic
While not precisely based on his life, Steven Spielberg’s upcoming project about his formative years is amassing one hell of a cast. We recently learned Michelle Williams would star in a role inspired by the filmmaker’s mother, and now Spielberg’s family has another member. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that comedic actor and filmmaker Seth […]
Steven Spielberg to direct Michelle Williams in a movie loosely based on his childhood
Steven Spielberg is a director intrinsically linked with nostalgia and childhood, and anyone who watched HBO’s 2017 documentary will know that his cinematic oeuvre has been informed by his own upbringing. Well now he appears to be interested in making things slightly more autobiographical with the news that Michelle Williams is in talks to play […]
Steven Spielberg and The Duffer Brothers to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman
Having snapped up the rights to Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman was back in 1982 – two years before the book’s publication – it seems that Steven Spielberg is finally ready to move forward with his adaptation of the fantasy novel. As reported by Deadline, Spielberg and his Amblin Television are set to […]
Band of Brothers follow-up Masters of the Air begins casting
The long-awaited third World War II miniseries from Saving Private Ryan duo Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks has taken a step closer with the news that casting on Masters of the Air, the follow-up to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, has commenced. Deadline is reporting that Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) […]
Halo live-action series moves to Paramount+
The live-action Halo series has switched homes as Deadline reports it has moved from Showtime to Paramount’s streaming service Paramount+. Production on the series shut down last year due to the ongoing health crisis, but it recently picked back up and is filming in Budapest with an eye for an earl 2022 premiere. It is being produced […]
From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]
Great Directors and Their Forgotten Gems
Tom Jolliffe looks at the forgotten gems that most great directors have… If you think of many great directors you cast your mind to their career highlights. Those iconic films. Many of these directors become largely defined by one or two films in particular (sometimes more). Additionally occasionally you might also remember those films that […]
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