IMAX @ 45

MIssed it! The 45th anniversary of IMAX's debut at the Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan, which took place on the 15th May 1970. That's right, the all be it unknown IMAX short, Tiger's Child (1970) premiered at the show, the year before the first permanent installation was opened to the public. IMAX has come along way…

YOUNG GUNS

1988 DIRECTOR: Christopher Cain May Contain Spoilers! Being only ten in 1988, the 18 rated Young Guns was a little beyond me at the time. So it has taken 24 years for me to catch up with this take on the Billy The Kid story. To be honest, even though I knew that Billy was…

THE UNTOUCHABLES

1987 DIRECTOR: Brian De Palma May Contain Spoilers! "Where is Nitti anyway?" "He's in the car" It was on this day, 25 years ago, that Brian De Palma's reimagining of the television series, The Untouchables was release here in the U.K. As Ennio Morricone's classical and powerful opening score played over the titles, a very telling credit appeared on the screen, almost telling…

STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME

1986 DIRECTOR: Leonard Nimoy May Contain Spoilers! I can remember the anticipation of seeing this back in 1987. I was 8 years old and was already a Trekkie thanks to my Mum. In Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, the Star Trek universe had already opened up, with Starfleet and the Federation finally being…

STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK

1984 DIRECTOR: Leonard Nimoy May Contain Spoilers! SPOILER ALERT! Spock is dead! The needs of the many outweighed the needs of the few or the one as Kirk (William Shatner) and Khan (Ricardo Montalban) duked it out in the previous outing, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) movingly sacrificed himself to save the Enterprise. His…

TOP 5 BEST SOUNDTRACKS TO UNDERWHELMING FILMS

FILMS SAVED BY THEIR SCORES Some people believe that a film can be saved by its soundtrack, whilst others can take te music or leave it. whilst I would agree that a rubbish film cannot be salvaged by a great score, it can at least make it watchable, so below is a my list of the my…

NOW PLAYING STRIKES AGAIN!

Earlier this month, I commented on Now Playing.com's Batman Retrospective, but now it's the turn of Star Trek. Back in 2009, the team at Now Playing recorded a retrospective series on the Star Trek movies, from the 1979's The Motion Picture, right up to J.J. Abrams 2009 reboot. Well, I've listened to 11 podcasts, covering…

A BRIEF & PERSONAL HISTORY OF CINEMA…

OVERTURE Self indulgent though this story may appear, this is surely the purpose of blogging. I normally regale you all with my views on film, and have gone onto comment about issues within the genre which have caught my interest, but this is about as personal as I can get. This is the story of how…

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (DIRECTOR’S EDITION)

1982 - THEATRICAL VERSION 2002 - DIRECTOR'S EDITION DIRECTOR: Nicholas Meyer The best of the classic Trek movies, but that's like telling you how to suck eggs. This one though, is as much a brilliantly paced melodrama as a franchise movie. Great action, acting, direction and brilliant special effects that hold up as well today…