TOP 20 “TRUE STORIES” ON FILM

Here, I took a look at my personal take on the Top 20 so-called "True Stories" as seen on film. To keep the list as diverse as possible, the rules are that only ONE film from any given genre will be included, for example, only one film from World War 2, one from 9/11 or Tombstone…

FORREST GUMP

1994 DIRECTOR: ROBERT ZEMECKIS NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection?  NO The 1994 Oscar-winning tale of a man with learning difficulties who manages to not only overcome adversity, walking difficulties and social prejudice, but also manages to change the direction of U.S. politics and culture forever,…

IRON MAN

2008 DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau May Contain Spoilers! 2008 saw the first wave of the Marvel films in the build up to this years Avengers mash-up. This, along side The Incredible Hulk, would kick-start the four-year project and introduce some of the lesser known and less bankable characters, such as Iron Man, Thor, Hulk (Reboot) and controversially named,…

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

2011 DIRECTOR: Tomas Alfredson May Contain Spoilers! I don't really know what the initial appeal of Tinker Tailor Solider Spy was, besides what was clearly going to be another one of Gary Oldman's great performances. But this was clearly a film which was outside my comfort zone. A dark, dingy look at the world of Cold War intelligence…

MONSTERS

2010 DIRECTOR: Gareth Edwards NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? YES Made on a shoe-string, this $500,000 gorilla styled production has raised the bar of British indie cinema to a whole new level. A couple of weeks ago I sat down and watched G.I.…

THIS IS CINERAMA & WINDJAMMER FINALLY ANNOUNCED!

After nearly three years of following the progress of these illusive Cinerama titles, independent distributor, Flicker Ally have set a release date for This Is Cinerama and Windjammer: The Voyage Of The Christian Radich for the 13th September 2012. Both will be presented in the criminally underused Smilebox format, which so far has only been used…