By Craig Leask This is the second part to my piece on The Big Apple in The Movies. To read part 1, click here. Ghostbusters (1984) Ghostbusters was released in 1984, grossing $238 million in the US and $291 million worldwide. The success of the film launched a media franchise, which included action figures, a…
By Craig Leask This is the second in a series of articles on great cities in the movies. This one focuses on movies filmed in and showcasing The Big Apple – New York City – famous for its diverse neighbourhoods, the Great White Way, delis, Central Park, and New Year’s Eve celebrations. Due to the…
By Alan Hurst Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018) is currently streaming on Netflix. It’s an entertaining and speculative look at the real-life Christie’s 11-day disappearance in 1926 that sparked one of the largest manhunts in British history and became a tabloid sensation. When Christie was found she had no recollection of the previous…
By Alan Hurst Have you ever fixated on a scene in a movie or in a book where one of the characters is either talking about food, ordering food, making food, or mixing a cocktail? I have. Why I get hooked I have no idea but, after giving it some thought, I think it can…
By John H. Foote No one sets out to make a bad film, no one. The films I chose for this article are films that had no right to be so awful, there are talented people involved. Yet somehow, the work was terrible. Great directors such as George Stevens, Steven Spielberg, and John Boorman are…
By John H. Foote Tom Cruise has dominated the movies world box office for more than 30 years, so much so it is often forgotten what a bold, daring actor he has been, and with each new role is willing to be. He is what the greatest actors are, fearless, and when working with other…
By Nick Maylor If you’re an actor from England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand, you probably learned to master an American accent on day one. Many famous actors from these places appear in movies all the time, rarely using their natural speaking voice. Changing dialects in films is a constant happening for actors and…
By Alan Hurst Women directors in Hollywood are increasing in number, power and acclaim but that wasn’t always the case. If you take the Academy Awards as a bellwether, only five women have made the final five list of nominees over the last 90+ years – and only one of those women has won (Kathryn…
By Craig Leask This is the first of a planned series of articles on great cities in the movies. This one will focus on The City by The Bay, San Francisco. San Francisco is one of those cities which has been immortalized throughout the years: in song – Tony Bennett’s “I Left My Heart in…
By John H. Foote This is my last entry on the Academy Awards. Period, after this it is over, done, no more until next December. Category by category, except the shorts, here is who and what gets the Oscar if me, myself and I gave the awards. Pure self indulgence, I do not care about…