A couple of posts went out over the weekend as it was Valentines Day about it being 25 years to the day that Silence of the Lambs was released. A film I remember most for seeing Jodie Foster, for the first time. I am sure when I was younger, I would have seen her in Bugsy Malone or Freaky Friday but none had the effect on me as she did as her role of agent Clarice … [Read more...]
Event Cinema! Should we see more or less?
Last year, the O2 in London hosted Monty Python live, tickets sold out almost immediately and I personally thought I would miss out, but on one of its night, it was beamed live into both TV’s and Cinemas. I had booked my cinema ticket, the wife isn’t a fan and a live show would surely be better with an audience, which it proved to be. Furthermore, when I got home, I found … [Read more...]
Film Location, Location, Location!
This Halloween we were looking for something spooky to watch and we saw in the film schedule that Film4 were showing Fragile. Fragile is a 2005 film starring Calista Flockhart who we used to love as TVs Ally McBeal. However, the reason we took notice of this film, was because we knew that it had in part been filmed on the Isle of Wight, home of Barking Mad About … [Read more...]
What Happens Next? Adding to the Film Experience
We have looked in a previous blog at how movies can sell products using everything from Minions to characters from Disney. But it doesn’t just have to be food they can put their name to, clothing, of course is an obvious one. I’ve many a film related T-shirt. Licensing can be a multi-million pound industry, all adding to our film experience! Star Wars is often praised as … [Read more...]