Moviescramble Podcast – Episode 25: M
Join Mary and John as they discuss the Fritz Lang film M from 1931 which stars the fantastic Peter Lorre. We then choose our top three serial killer movies and discuss the news that UK cinemas may be...
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Six Of The Best – Coming Of Age
Being a teenager is hard. Going through high school – and attempting to emerge relatively unscathed – equally so. It’s a time of great change; of expectations and reinventions. And, if you’re lucky, ...
Orphee (Orpheus) – Review
Just having had a meticulous restoration carried out, the 1955 Jean Cocteau version of the classic myth Orpheus is re-released in a special BFI edition. Regarded at the time as a classic, it is still...
Tom Cruise – Last of the Big Hollywood Stars?
With news that there are set to be two more films in the Mission:Impossible franchise and a sequel to Top Gun, it got me thinking. Is Tom Cruise the last of the big Hollywood film stars? Given that h...
Mary Poppins Returns
It’s a sequel 54 years in the making. That should tell you something about how beloved the original Mary Poppins is. The titular, no-nonsense nanny at the heart of Disney’s 1964 film was ...
Dumbo – First Trailer
“Dumbo! The world’s greatest flying elephant!” is the latest Disney animated classic to be reimagined as a live action remake, courtesy of the imagination of everyone’s favour...
Six of the Best: Palme d’Or Winners
The Cannes Film Festival enjoys a long history of both controversy and glamour. It’s the ultimate case of sun, sea and cinema. Its location gives way to the elite and fashionable of European cinema, ...
A Fistful Of Dollars Comes Back To Cinemas
Park circus distribution have just announced that a brand new 4K restoration of A Fistful of Dollars will be released in cinemas. The iconic western is fifty four years old and has been hailed as a c...
Six of the Best: Hitchcock Villains
Alfred Hitchcock famously once said, “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” Nicknamed The Master of Suspense, he certainly endeavoured to provide the cinema going public with as much ...
The Wages Of Fear
Confession time. The Wages Of Fear is a movie that I have never seen. It has always been one of the to watch movies on my ever expanding list (I know. First world problems) but it never managed to ge...