Comic book film Joker passed the $1bn (£772m) in global ticket sales this weekend, becoming the first R-rated movie to do so despite not releasing in China. Joker became the most profitable comic book movie of all time earlier this month. Director Todd Phillips made the movie on a budget of $62.5m (£49m) a fraction…
Directed by James Mangold with a budget of $97.6m, American Automotive designer Carroll Shelby and British race car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physic to build a revolutionary vehicle for the Ford Motor Co, and they plan to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari. Matt Damon is Carroll Shelby,…
Laura Mulvey, 78-year-old academic coined the phrase “Male Gaze” and almost 45-years-ago ignited a generation of feminists with her concept in 1`975, to describe the dominant assumption “ Sexual imbalance” in Hollywood that the perspective film-maker and view is male, and how it strategically positions men as spectators and women as objects, is now reaching…
The skin-tight trousers and black leather jacket that Olivia Newton-John worn for the finale of Grease have fetched $405, 000 ( £314, 000) at an auction at Beverly Hills, California which raised a total of $2.4m. Some of the proceeds will go towards Newton-John’s cancer treatment centre in Australia. Grease was released in 1978 and…
A young couple get married and embrace their future. They start by taking on a black dog a bit like a sheepdog though he has mesmerizingly and cheeky blue eyes, from a dog rescue home. His noisy barking whenever Chester and Molly go out gets them a threatening notice of eviction and then …as if…
Afghan born Pakistani poetess and writer Fatima Bhutto who studied at Columbia University writes about vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world, displaying truly global in its range and allure, challenging Hollywood, McDonalds and blue jeans. K-Pop from Korea provide universal satisfaction – not merely as entertainment but on an emotional level too.…
Veteran Actor, Viju Khote, notorious for playing Kalia in Sholay, 1975, Indian action adventure film from Bollywood which amassed over £16m, passed away on Monday at the age of 77. The actor who features in over 300 Hindi and Marathi films has been working in films since 1964. He also starred in Indian television show…
Review of “NOTHING FANCY” about Mexican recipe book writer Diana Kennedy There is no onE on the planet who does not enjoy good food. We share that as a very common thread throughout the world and through the generations. I feel sure that this wonderful lady who is now 95, Diana Kennedy would agree, and…
This film is in some ways covering old news or at least a very old story of how young women want equality and to aspire to higher things than the sometimes but certainly not always – thankless task of staying at home rearing children and cooking cleaning and shopping for their husbands and children. The…
Under the Radar – Red Stable Films – fillm about Mike Edmunds – star of many big features and still going strong! Film and Theatre Star Mike Edmunds had one thing which drove him on to better things than working in a factory – his size. Essentially he is a little person – never grew…