Not so long ago, in a galaxy quite close to home… The Walt Disney Company yesterday announced that they had agreed a deal to purchase Lucasfilm from its Chairman and Founder, George Lucas, for the hefty price of $4.05 billion. The terms of the deal mean that Disney will be […]

Once, western films were the standard fare of Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood was founded on the popularity of the ‘rootin’, tootin’ western one-reeler. Real cowboys were employed in the silent film era. They knew how to ride, how to shoot and rope, and a man had to do what a […]

Everyone loves television, that’s virtually a fact. For over fifty years this little box of technology has sat in people’s houses, entertaining and captivating audiences with an endlessly diverse array of shows. Television is a portal, offering an escape from everyday life into a fantasy world in which anything is […]

A fourth Jason Bourne movie without Jason Bourne ? Don’t frown, it’s possible ! Tony Gilroy, former screenwriter of the first trilogy, made it happen, replacing Paul Greengrass behind the camera. This time, Jason Bourne isn’t the main protagonist. The excellent Matt Damon is not part of the adventure, although […]

It is not necessary to be a cine-maniac to notice pretty easily that Hollywood loves to add some extra mysterious characters to the script to complicate the main action or just to keep the attention of the audience. The constant battle between good and bad is a key element in […]

I am completely obsessed with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. In particular Audrey. I wake up every morning desperately hoping that I have transformed in the night, so that I look just like her, with her delicate features and cropped hair, but alas, it’s my face looking back at me. They both had […]