Top 10 Robert Zemeckis Films

“Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean”: The Magic of Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis was once asked if television was a bad influence on children. He answered, emphatically, “television isn’t an education, but I see no reason to turn it off.” What would so many television-starved children give for Zemeckis [...]

January 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Action-Adventure, Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, Genre - Horror, Genre - Romance, Genre - Science-Fiction, Genre - Western, People - Directors, Time Period - 1960 to 1979, Time Period - 1980s to Present | 3 comments

Review: Lenny (Fosse, 1974)

Part of our “Top10Films: Dustin Hoffman” feature

Dir. Bob Fosse; screenplay by Julian Barry; starring Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck

Considered by many US-based critics as a film lacking the sort of anti-establishment relish that made its origin of study the darling of counter-culture 1950s and 1960s Americana, “Lenny” plays better in the United [...]

January 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Review: All The President's Men (Pakula, 1976)

Part of the Top10Films: Dustin Hoffman feature

Dir. Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by William Goldman; starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Ned Beatty

My first cinematic introduction to the Watergate saga arrived in the form a simpleton named Forrest Gump phoning the police after seeing some people burglarising the building across from [...]

January 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Drama, Reviews, Time Period - 1960 to 1979 | Leave a comment

Top 10 Single Location Films

The allure of the single location film

Films set in a single location (or predominantly in a single location) have always fascinated me. Perhaps it’s their theatre roots, as many single-location films derive from the work of playwrights. The consequence of that is strong characterisation, an emphasis on good acting, and tight control of plot that [...]

December 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Comedy, Genre - Drama, Time Period - 1960 to 1979, Time Period - 1980s to Present, Time Period - Pre-1959, Uncategorized | 9 comments

Top 10 Alternative Christmas Films

Whimsical, feel-good festive fun. Sing-a-long musicals and family entertainment. Bumbling cartoon characters, flying reindeer, talking animals, elves making toys, angels getting wings, they are all part of the Christmas movie. But there’s another side to a Christmas sat in front of the telly. The Dark Side. Pitch black film noir, offbeat comedy, sadistic horror. Killer [...]

December 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Genre - Action-Adventure, Genre - Comedy, Genre - Horror, Time Period - 1960 to 1979, Time Period - 1980s to Present, Time Period - Pre-1959 | 10 comments
 
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