*** SPOILER WARNING *** In the history of cinema there have been only a handful of directors as prolific in both their success and the sheer volume of their work… Continue reading "Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951)."
When we watch First Blood (1982) today, almost four decades years after it was first released and having had our thoughts coloured by three sequels and countless copycats, and the… Continue reading "First Blood (1982)."
The third episode of The Film ’89 Podcast is here and it’s something of a departure from the regular format of the show as we present the first of our… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 3 – John Carpenter‘s The Thing (1982)."
It’s no secret that some of the filmed adaptations of Stephen King’s novels aren’t exactly to the authors tastes. Stanley Kubrick’s version of King’s The Shining being an oft-cited example… Continue reading "Gerald’s Game director Mike Flannagan said to be developing a sequel to Stephen King’s The Shining."
Serving as an unofficial sequel to Hal Ashby’s 1973 film, The Last Detail, director Richard Linklater’s latest offering, Last Flag Flying, tells the story of three Vietnam veterans brought together… Continue reading "Last Flag Flying (2017) – Review."
From the early 1980s through to the mid ‘90s there were really only two real big hitters when it came to the action movie genre. Sure you had Van Damme,… Continue reading "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Face/Off and a possible alternate reality."
With the recent second season of Netflix’s Stranger Things garnering as much praise as the original, Season 3 is rumoured to drop in 2019. Much of the plot for the third… Continue reading "Stranger Things cast and crew discuss the show’s third season."
*** SPOILER WARNING *** Downsizing stars Matt Damon as down on his luck Paul Safranek. When we first meet Paul he’s working as an occupational therapist who once had dreams… Continue reading "Downsizing (2017) – Review."
Yesterday saw the announcement of the nominees for the 2018 Academy Awards. As predicted in the second episode of the Film ‘89 Podcast, and to the surprise of pretty much no… Continue reading "The 2018 Academy Award Nominations in full…"
For those who’ve been following Film ‘89 since it went live, it will come as no surprise whatsoever that we’re all big fans of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 Action/Sci-fi classic RoboCop.… Continue reading "A new RoboCop film is in the works. Here’s some suggestions…"
