‘The Great Gatsby’ Trailer

 

This is not what I expected, and I am intrigued…Visually stunning, but the cast is far from perfect, in my opinion…

‘Dark Shadows’ Review

Dark Shadows (2012)

Tim Burton’s new film ‘Dark Shadows’ is a very condensed version of the TV series ‘Dark Shadows’ aired between 1966 and 1971 in the US. The plot centres on Barnabos Collins (Johnny Depp), the master of Collinwood Manor, and a rich and powerful son of Joshua and Naomi Collins (the year is 1790). Barnabos has the misfortune of crossing his ex-lover Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), a witch, who turns her skill of witchcraft against him, burying him alive, killing his new lover and cursing his whole family. However, in 1970s Barnabos is accidentally freed from his ‘tomb’ only to find his present family in ruins. Barnabos then promises his family the return of its lost fortune.

James Dean vs Brad Pitt

Even after all these years it is still hard to watch Dean’s mannerism being ripped off…

 

 

 

VERONICA LAKE | THE PEEK-A-BOO PINUP OF HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE

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The Selvedge Yard did a (very) little piece for DETAILS magazine’s online blog– The Daily Details here.

There was something about those lips, the flirty peek-a-boo eye, and that sexy, sweeping hair that’s seductive beyond words.  Yes, Veronica Lake just had “it.”

Other pinups of her day may have been more racy (Bettie Page), more leggy (Bettie Grable), or more busty…

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Avatar vs FernGully: The Last Rainforest – A Case of Plagiarism?

Although being painfully aware of the number of times the comparison between ‘Avatar’ (2009) and ‘FernGully’ (1992) (also ‘Pocahontas’ (1995) and ‘Dances with Wolves’ (1990)) has been done before, recently I nevertheless decided to take my own turn on it and ascertain the similarities between the two films. Here I will provide evidence that demonstrate that ‘Avatar’ and ‘FernGully’ are so similar – both in plot lines and style (more so than any other film/story), that, in my opinion, it was nearly impossible (for James Cameron) not to have in mind ‘FernGully’ when writing ‘Avatar’.

‘Cosmopolis’ Trailer

‘The Quiet American’ Review

The Quiet American (2002)

Directed by Phillip Noyce (‘Patriot Games’ (1992)) ‘The Quiet American’ is a marvellous adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel of the same name. This book-to-film adaptation is so good it arguably suppresses the majority of Graham Greene novels’ past adaptations, and the film is certainly better than the latest film ‘Brighton Rock’ (2010), adapted from Greene’s novel of the same name. ‘Quiet American’ (2002) truly captures the spirit of Greene’s book, and even at times trespasses the boundaries of the book’s captivating narrative.  

My 10 Favourite Films Dealing with Drugs

In no particular order

1)      Requiem for a Dream (2000)

2)      Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

3)      Candy (2005)

4)      Traffic (2000)

5)      Basketball Diaries (1995)

‘The Raven’ Review

The Raven (2012) 

‘Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -
‘Tis the wind and nothing more.’ (Edgar Allan Poe – ‘The Raven’)

Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) comes back to Baltimore to find the town in disarray as a result of a series of brutal murders. Detective Fields (Luke Evans), who is in charge of murders’ investigation, notices that these murders resemble those in the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Detective Fields then ‘recruits’ Poe to help him to make sense of the happenings. It becomes apparent, however, that Poe is in town for ‘business’, i.e. to ask the hand of his beloved Emily Hamilton (Alice Eve), the daughter of Captain Hamilton (Brendan Gleeson), the prominent figure in town. However, when Emily becomes the object of the murderer’s attention, Poe must use all his powers of imagination and play the deadly game devised by a murderer to save her.

‘Miller’s Crossing’ Review

Miller’s Crossing (1990)

  Loosely based on Dashiell Hamett’s Red Harvest, Miller’s Crossing is an intelligent gangster film shot in the style of film noir, directed by Joel Coen and produced by Ethan Coen and Mark Silverman. The film centres on Tom Regan (Gabriel Byrne), who is a ‘right hand’ of Leo O’Bannon (Albert Finney), an Irish-American political boss who runs a Prohibition-era city somewhere in the US (that’s why there is so much drinking in the film’). Leo has a ‘beef’ with Johnny Casper, a gangster and his Italian rival. Leo’s girlfriend is Verna, whose brother Bernie Bernbaum has a contract on his life and is wanted dead by Casper. The idea here is that by ‘giving’ Bernie to Casper to kill, Leo and Casper can come to a peaceful understanding and agreement. However, Leo is reluctant to do so because of his girlfriend, who wants to see her brother alive. Tom thinks that Leo is making a mistake. However, Tom also has an affair with Verna, seemingly being in love, and therefore is also, at least ‘deep inside’, is trying to protect her. When Tom starts to ‘play’ both sides, some unexpected events begin to take place.