The classic movie The Godfather arrived in cinemas 40 years ago this month-and changed the course of film history.
The film was adapted from Mario Puzo’s 1969 book of the same name, which became an immediate best seller. Set after World War II, it tells the story of the Corleone crime family, in...
Glenn Close has received her eighth Oscar nomination for her title role in the film, Albert Nobbs, portraying a soft-spoken, but efficient butler at a nineteenth century hotel in Ireland.
Albert leads a relatively quiet life until Mrs. Baker (Pauline Collins), the hotel’s proprietor, hires Hubert...
In 2006 the London Housing Authority discovered the skeletal remains of a 38 year old woman in a bedsit in North London. What was remarkable was that the victim, Joyce Vincent, had been dead for three years. Her corpse had laid undisturbed while her TV set played the BBC continuously. The shocking...
The tragic death of music legend Whitney Houston, ironically, coincides with the 20th anniversary of her movie debut The Bodyguard (1992).
In that film, she played Rachel Marron, a singer/actress who, after being nominated for an Academy Award for her acting, begins receiving death threats. This...
As movie watchers, we are always impressed when directors are able to depict reality in stark and frightening ways. They use the power of the image to convey the perturbing actions of human nature; they find ways to get under your skin despite being presented just on a screen. Films like Darren...
If there is one genre in film the Academy likes to ignore, it’s horror. Granted, there aren’t all that many great horror films that have stood the test of time, but even the great Universal monster films of the ‘30s were largely ignored. The trend continues to this day, with the one shining...
Albatross brings back the stunning British actrees Felicity Jones in another Lolita tale set in the Isle of Man. A secondary school dropout named Emelia begins working at a local B&B owned by a German writer named Jonathan Fischer. Jonathan is married to Joa and has two daughters, Beth and Posy...
Colin Farrell returns to drama as part of his orchestrated comeback in London Boulevard as an ex-con named Mitchel who wants to go straight working as the bodyguard for an English actress named Charlotte (Keira Knightley). Mitchell just spent three years for a violent assault and his past can...
If 2012 marks the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar then it may be time for some people to get busy. At least that is what the film Perfect Sense seems to suggests as a chef and scientist decide to indulge their carnal pleasure before December 21, 2012 … the last day on Earth. The...
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