All Posts Tagged With: "Films"
Mamma mia is officially the most popular DVD of all time
The famous musical film, Mamma Mia! has broken on of the biggest records of all time in the UK. The film has become has become the United Kingdom's biggest selling DVD of all time according to official figures. It is the first disc to sell more than five million copies - placing it in one [...]
6Jan2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
Creating the Best Cinema Experience
Cinemas have been around for decades. No matter what age you are, you can never grow out of visiting your local cinema. With more blockbuster movies hitting our screens, I do feel that new more than ever is the time cinemas should take full advantage.
With current advancements in technology we are seeing people wanting to [...]
Wall Street, fear, loathing and greed - a normal day
Wall Street ( the film, released 1987) was a seminal production which over time has come to represent all that was bad about the boom years in Wall Street with corporate raiders, mega bonuses and fear & loathing. It wouldn’t be until three years later the corporate raider stereotype had a chance of redemption through [...]
2Oct2008 | writer | 1 comment | Continued
Rambo - still relevant 26 years later?
The Rambo franchise of films were based around the book
First blood, bu David Morrell.
Sylvester Stallone is the main character in all the films.
To date there have been four films
First Blood ( 1982)
Rambo, first blood II ( 1985)
Rambo III ( 1988)
and again
Rambo (2008)
The initial film, “First Blood” is probably the seminal performance. It introduces the character, [...]
Pretty Woman - Gere and Roberts start a fashion for romantic comedies
Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy released in 1990 starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
Initially it was planned as a dark story of prostitution in Los Angeles, but as time passed it turned into a Romantic Comedy and was critically acclaimed as follows:
Roberts received a Golden Globe Award for her role, and was nominated for [...]
Deliverance - the film and growing up.
The 1972 production of Deliverance will stay with many a boy as he grows into manhood. A basically simple plot,based upon the novel of the same name by James Dickey has surprising power and is a brooding psychological analysis of modern man being lost in the wilderness and how he struggles to cope with the [...]
19Sep2008 | writer | 0 comments | Continued