Film Reviews & More
Las Vegas is a glitzy, glamorous destination, and has been for more than seventy years. While many tourists visit the Nevadan city thanks to its outstanding casinos and entertainment shows, movie buffs will find that it provides much in the shape of cinema history. If you’re planning a trip to Sin City, then consider swinging by the following attractions; you’ll be walking through cinematic history.
The winners of this year’s 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
The Barbenheimer phenomenon reaches its natural denouement tonight at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, with Christopher Nolan’s colossal Oppenheimer expected to sweep most of the major accolades. Barbie will likely have to make do with a handful of craft awards, while foreign language festival hits Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest continue the trend of international features breaking into the main categories.
Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic Gladiator is one of the best-loved historical movies of recent times, with Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, and Oliver Reed among the actors turning in excellent performances in this tale of revenge and redemption. With a sequel announced and on the way, what comes next for the franchise?
Over the past two decades, the gaming industry has seen a significant rise in popularity to the point where it has now become a $184 billion industry. Gaming is a pop culture institution, with video games and gamification influencing everything from entertainment to the corporate world.
This week sees the return of Dungeons & Dragons to the scene, the latest in a storied history of trying to bring the beloved pen-and-paper role-playing game to the wider world via cinema or television. It’s safe to say that the franchise has a mixed legacy in this department and fans have been understandably hesitant to get excited about this latest entry.
Movies about gambling and the casino world at large generate thrill, excitement, and drama simply because there’s too much at risk. While Ocean’s Eleven, Rounders and Casino are some of the most popular American productions, the topic of casino heists and high-stakes games has been explored in numerous films from all over the world.
Films extending their names across a variety of media is not a new phenomenon. Capitalising on the popularity of a product by diversifying related releases is simple business sense, and that’s as true now as ever. There is a newer part of this reality, however, in that modern movies are increasingly embracing the digital and mobile multimedia path.
The winners of this year’s 95th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh.
More than twelve months after “the slap”, the 95th Academy Awards are almost upon us. The recent success of Parasite and Drive My Car appears to have opened the door for more international features to break through into the main categories, with Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front up for Best Picture, Best Director and seven further categories.
There is much debate about what characterises an independent film, but, in general, it is a work without interference from major studios, from pre-production to production itself. In this sense, an independent film is not made without money – this is, in short, a characteristic of guerrilla cinema –but one in which the team runs after funding, and there is no industry investing in its making.
