I have fond memories of Escape to Witch Mountain from when I was a kid, we named one of our cats Tia. The original had Tony and Tia Malone, two orphans with unusual powers. Tony, with the help of a harmonica, has a telekinetic ability and Tia can …
I’ve always thought the ‘A xxx film’ was a little demeaning, film is a collaborative medium, I don’t hold to the auteur theory, but I didn’t know the disputes it’s caused.
An interesting article in The Guardian called ‘Why Nicole Kidman is going cheap’ spends some time bashing Kidman, somewhat unfairly, but it raises some interesting insights about star power in Hollywood movies.
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on ways Hollywood is desperately trying to keep audiences buying movies, using new tricks. I’m not sure how many of them will ’stick’ (they tried this to combat television back in the 40s too, which is why colour suddenly arrived and …
