The Monuments Men

The popularity of film genres seems to go in cycles. The usual pattern starts with a surprisingly massive hit movie which garners praise and award recognition. This leads to a glut of movies within t...

The Monuments Men

In a twist on the usual profit at all costs mentality that usually pervades modern Hollywood the news has come out that The Monuments Men film has had its release date pushed back to early 2014. The ...

The Wolf of Wall Street

Sometimes an actor and director pairing just feels natural. It’s an easy fit for both no matter the genre of film. In their fifth outing together, director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo Di...

OSS117: Lost in Rio – Review

In the first of the occasional series under the banner of Second Chance Cinema, Moviescramble has a look at the 2009 French film OSS117: Lost in Rio. From the same director and star of The Artist cam...

The Artist – Review

I first heard about The Artist in 2011.  As an avid listener to Jason Solomons on the Film Weekly podcast from the Guardian, I heard a glowing review of the film as it premiered at the Cannes film fe...