Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Rocky runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
By the late 1990s with the exception of Cop Land (1997) and later Creed (2015), Sylvester Stallone was resigned to crankingContinue Reading
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The Double Feature Series: Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea Hawk (1940).
The double feature was a motion picture industry phenomenon which began during the depression as a way to get audiencesContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The ‘Funny How?’ scene from Goodfellas (1990).
The recent passing of Ray Liotta stirred a lot of fond memories of the actor and the many memorable filmsContinue Reading
My Sight and Sound List.
Held every ten years since 1952 to select the 100 greatest films of all time, Sight and Sound film magazineContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: I’m Shocked!
Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca will go down in Warner’s history as arguably its quintessential picture, encapsulating the spirit of great romance, patriotism, intrigueContinue Reading
Joaquin Phoenix: Best actor of the 2010s.
Joaquin Phoenix extraordinary talent as an actor has never ever been in doubt. For over the last 20+ years, heContinue Reading
My 2022 Oscar Predictions.
This year’s Oscars are set to unfold on Sunday (March 27) and strangely I’m a little more excited by whoContinue Reading
My Favourite Films of 2021.
2021 wasn’t the year I hoped it would be at the movies. In Australia it was a disappointment – withContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Andrews Sisters sing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” in Buck Privates (1941).
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were one of the biggest, if not the greatest comedy act during the golden age ofContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Big Sleep’s Acme Bookshop Scene.
While many film enthusiasts might (and rightly so) point out the sensual chemistry shared between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren BacallContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 