By Craig Leask As we approach what looks to be another global recession, and probably not our last, I started thinking about how economic hardships such as these have been handled in the movies. There are many – from documentaries through to movies based on real events and people to full on creative endeavors. Movies…
By Nick Maylor On this episode of our official podcast, John and I discuss the career of Al Pacino. We also introduced our new news segment where we discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the film industry. Please check out our official YouTube channel and subscribe for all of our shows. Nick MaylorNick is an…
By Nick Maylor On this episode of our official podcast, John, Alan and I discuss the cinema of the 1970s. Be sure to check out our official YouTube channel to subscribe! Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been a film nut since the early days of his life, Nick has had…
By Craig Leask Casablanca was one of those movies which that, for whatever reason, just lucked out more due to circumstance then planning. No one involved in making Casablanca had any idea the film was going to end up becoming a highly successful American classic, with the most identifiable quotes and ranked by Roger Ebert as…
By John H. Foote Are the days of an audience of 800 strangers gathering in a cinema to watch the film on the silver screen in front of them gone? Will the COVID-19 outbreak currently altering our way of life in around the world impact forever the film industry? Will the studios set up their…
By John H. Foote When The Irishman (2019) began screening late last October and early November, critics fell over themselves writing superlatives for Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic. Absolute raves greeted the film, standing ovations, the film was on an instant path to a Best Picture nomination. And then the film won the coveted Best Film…
By John H. Foote James Lipton, host of the long running program Inside the Actors Studio, which he created and hosted, has passed of bladder cancer. He was 93. The kindest and most professional things I can say about James Lipton are that he loved the art and craft of acting with a passion very…
As far as I’m concerned Some Like it Hot is a perfect comedy. Part screwball, part spoof of 1930’s gangster films, part romance, part musical, and filmed in glorious black and white at the iconic beachfront Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. Throw in the flawless chemistry of the perfectly cast leads – Tony Curtis,…
By John H. Foote In a shocking move that will send shockwaves through the film industry, two-time Academy Award winning Best Director Steven Spielberg has withdrawn from directing the upcoming fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. The move caught everyone associated with the series off guard, most specifically star Harrison Ford, who had announced…
By Craig Leask It began with an idea. Producer Charles Brackett had a strong desire to make a picture set around Niagara Falls – and not about honeymooning couples. It ended with box office success and the record for the longest filmed walk in the history of cinema. A record that still stands to this…