The 1925 Soviet film Battleship Potemkin is a true classic and has inspired many great movie moments over the years, with one of the most famous scenes being that of the Odessa steps. That is the scene probably most recently remembered from the homage in The Untouchables, where a baby … [Read More]
Whilst digging about through the Toronto Film Festival schedule today Cafe Lumiere stuck in my head as being somehow important but I couldn’t quite place why until I came across this site. Cafe Lumiere is the latest film from acclaimed director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, the acclaimed Taiwanese director of Millenium Mambo. … [Read More]
Not many films have run the 400 Million Dollar Mile. In fact, only 4 have. (6 if you count that Star Wars and E.T. crept past 400 million with their 20 year anniversary re-releases.) – But strictly based on a one time release slot, only 4 films have run the … [Read More]
Toho Studios have launched a website for Godzilla: Final Wars, the 28th installment in the Godzilla series. The early rumors that Ryuhei Kitamura of Versus fame would be directing have proven to be correct and Kitamura is promising upwards of 15 different giant monsters in the film. Toho has also … [Read More]
Besides being a really cool alliteration, the Title of this post cannot be more true. A happen-chance meeting in downtown Toronto yesterday, put me into the Invitation-Only Private screening of Scarface at the 20th Anniversary DVD Release Party put on by Universal Pictures today. And folks, it was one swanky … [Read More]