Sound City, Dave Grohl’s documentary on a Hollywood recording studio doesn’t promise much, on the surface, and yet it turns out to be a heartfelt and eloquent history of something that, with the digital revolution, we seem to have lost – sound. The film doesn’t promise much?Have I gone mad?? It’s got Dave Grohl (of […]
While everyone’s getting caught up in the buzz about The Artist, I have a shameful confession to make: silent movies have always bored the bunions off of me – as a child I gnashed my teeth in despair when Charlie Chaplin or, god forbid, Harold Lloyd came on the television. That’s not to write off […]
I remember the first time I saw Nosferatu. I was 15 and in the full throws of gothic angst – complete with importance, poetry and pianos. The dramatic German Expressionist stylings of Murnau’s Carpathian landscape, therefore, offered the ideal genre –especially when it came to an extremely teen-friendly subject…..vampires. Made in 1921 in the extremely […]
Movie version of 70’s classic – starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson,Vince Vaughn and Snoop Doggy Dogg. Directed by Todd Philips.
Oliver Stone’s epic history of Alexander the Great. Starring Colin Farrell, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto and a host of oddly misplaced Irishmen!
Director:Steven Spielberg
Cast: Erich Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Ciaran Hinds,
American Comedy Starring Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack
Directed by Richard Linklater
Based on the book by F.X.O’Toole, Million Dollar Baby has been nominated in most of the major categories for the 2005 Oscars. Directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman.
Director: Cristina Comencini.
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston, Luigi Lo Cascio, Francesca Inaudi.
Latest film from Tim Burton.
Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, and Helena Bonham-Carter.
