At the height of his career, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a sci-fi action movie called The Running Man, which was based on a story by Richard Bachman, who turned out to be Stephen King. It was a pale imitation of the original story, and so King decided to withhold his name from the material. Now,…
Tag: America
Civil War
Cinema can be a powerful source of projecting what is happening today. Looking back to the 70s, one can see the paranoia of post-Vietnam and the 80s for its Regean-ite freedom and greed of the rich. Now, we are in a world where war seems to fill the news agenda, and America is divided politically….
West Side Story
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Mike Faist Written by: Tony Kushner, (based on the Broadway musical) (book) Arthur Laurents, (music) Leonard Bernstein, (lyrics) Stephen Sondheim Running Time: 156 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th December 2021 The 1961 screen version of…
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
Director: Jason Woliner Starring: Sasha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Dani Poopescu, Rudi Giuliani, Mike Pence Written by: (also story and characters created by) Sasha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern (also story) Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, (story) Nina Pedrad Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 18 Release date:…
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years
Director: Ron Howard Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, George Martin, Larry Kane, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Izzard, Elvis Costello, Richard Curtis Written by: Mark Monroe Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 15th September 2016 First off, a rant. To the multiplexes across the country. Please stop showing 20…
Tammy
Director: Ben Falcone Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Allison Janney, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Duplass Written by: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 4th July 2014 Melissa McCarthy is a funny lady. We know this as she stole Bridesmaids from everyone, a hard thing to when you…
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