Critique: ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (1990)

Between 1989, when The Hunt for Red October was produced, and 1990, when the film was released, the Cold War … More

Critique: ‘The Mighty Ducks’ (1992)

The Mighty Ducks is the first film in a series that spans three live-action films and a corresponding spin-off animated … More

There appears to be an unwritten rule in Hollywood that if you are a movie star, then you must act … More

Hollywood films adapted from video games tend to have one thing in common: the production teams for the film frequently … More

With a title as innocuous and generic as Kids, one may expect a trite Steve Martin or Robin Williams comedy … More

Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko, best describes the cultural journey of his film in the inlay notes for … More

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is an adaptation of an autobiographical novel in which the author, Chuck Barris, claims to … More

To contextualise Blue Velvet, it is useful to consider which film Lynch made before it. Released in 1984, Lynch’s film … More

Suggestively comparable to the leading protagonist of their film, Barton Fink was written in a mere three weeks by the … More

Metropolis is both an extravagant cinematic sci-fi classic and a cautionary tale about the whims of commercial taste: it cost … More

Whilst The Jazz Singer can be categorised as a musical, the film is a Hollywood landmark for the talking that … More

Even before one considers the details presented by the labyrinthine plot, Gone with the Wind is an epic Hollywood film … More