Starcache trailer
Released on-line is the first trailer for the ambitious Scottish based thriller Starcache. Starcache is a new high-tech global treasure hunt game along the same lines as Geocache. The difference her...
Author Archives: John McArthur
American Hustle trailer
For his follow up to the multi award winning Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell has gone back to the nineteen eighties for a tale of corruption and crime. American Hustle is based on a real eve...
Before They Were Famous – Actors in Woody Allen films
The reputation of Woody Allen is enough to have top actor clamoring for a role in one of his forthcoming films. In almost all cases the star agrees to a part even before they have seen a script. The...
Now You See Me
In recent years the movies have once again come around to the visual power of the magic trick. We have had a number of high-profile films covering the subject notably the historically based dramas Th...
The Wes Anderson Collection Part 4
With the fourth part of the video essays we come to my personal favourite, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou from 2004. I have very fond memories of watching the Jacques Cousteau documentaries which...
More Cake, Jason ?
It has been announced that there will be a sequel to the 2004 cult hit Layer Cake. Jason Statham’s production company has obtained the rights to the book and the Stath will appear in the un-na...
The Hidden Cuts in Hitchcock’s Rope
The Hitchcock film Rope has been hailed as a classic of film making for over half a century now. At the time of release it was marketed as if it was a stage play. The gimmick was that it was shot as...
The Wes Anderson Collection Part 3
With the third of the video essays we come to the two thousand and one film The Royal Tenenbaums. A tale of a dysfunctional family of child prodigies who are brought together by their terminally ill ...
Justin Lin to direct Bourne 5
Justin Lin has been announced as the director for the fifth installment of the Bourne franchise. Lin will take over from Tony Gilroy for the sequel to the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy. Justin Lin is ...
The Wes Anderson Collection Part 2
In the second of his video essays Mark Zoller Seitz continues his study of the films of Wes Anderson. for his sophomore effort Anderson moved on to the high school set Rushmore. The film marked the i...