Some filmmakers get full autonomy. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes, not so much… When you hit a level of success in filmmaking as a director (or occasionally a producing star actor) you find that studios increasingly bend over backwards to your every whim. This can even be to the point of risky ventures with huge […]
Scorsese: An all time great, and still one of the best in the business
As Martin Scorsese turns 79, Tom Jolliffe looks back on his astounding career so far… He’s been known to give master-classes in film-making. He’s also a deeply passionate cinephile. Martin Scorsese knows film. In fact he knows film so well, that comments comparing Marvel films to theme park rides courted him some controversy last year. […]
Extraction leads Netflix’s all-time top ten most-viewed original movies
Although it has traditionally kept its viewing figures tightly under wraps, Netflix has slowly started to become more open about its stats – particularly when the streamer wants to tout the popularity of its latest Original. Well, following the massive success of May’s Extraction, Netflix has now announced that the Chris Hemsworth-headlined action thriller has […]
Al Pacino at 80: One of the all time greats
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the career of Al Pacino as he turns 80… Ready your best Al Pacino impression. We’ve all got them. Those usually tend to be Al at his explosive, unrestrained best. Maybe it’s one of several scenes in Heat, or something in his scenery chomping brilliance in Scent of A Woman. […]
What makes a great Oscar acceptance speech?
On the eve of the 92nd Academy Awards begins, a mixture of trepidation and excitement is rife among avid Oscar-watchers over what is quite possibly the ceremony’s most consistent source of entertainment: the acceptance speeches. Here, George Nash muses over what makes a great one… The shocks. The snubs. The nauseating self-importance. With so much […]
Movie Review – Uncut Gems (2019)
Uncut Gems, 2019. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric Bogosian, Jonathan Aranbayev, Mike Francesa, Jacob Igielski, Noa Fisher, Paloma Elsesser, Judd Hirsch, Benjy Kleiner, Josh Ostrovsky, Sahar Bibiyan, Lana Levitin, Keith Williams Richards, Pom Klementieff, The Weeknd, Trinidad James, Tilda Swinton, and […]
Best Films of 2019 with film critic Clarisse Loughrey | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #61
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, it’s something a little different as film critic Clarisse Loughrey joins us to round up the best movies of 2019… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, it’s the […]
The Irishman featurette breaks down the digital de-aging of De Niro, Pacino and Pesci
Netflix has released a featurette for The Irishman which includes interviews with director Martin Scorsese and the visual effects team who discuss how the digital de-aging VFX used in the acclaimed mob epic took decades off stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci; watch it here… Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe […]
2019 in Review: Revisiting cinema’s biggest releases, news and talking points
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 2019 in film… Whilst we all come to terms with deleting and retyping 19 as 20 on documents, letters, invoices etc, lets make time to look back at 2019 and further confuse matters. As a year of cinema, 2019 has been interesting and with a usual mix of pop culture […]
Martin Scorsese is in absolutely no rush to watch Joker
With The Irishman receiving critical raves and Netflix plays, it appears that all anyone wants to ask director Martin Scorsese is about his favourite genre of ‘cinema’ – the comic book movie. So when he was asked about a film he was once attached to produce, and one that stars his Irishman headliner, Robert De […]
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