The Great Gatsby Tells the Story of Nick Carroway (Tobey Maguire), a frustrated writer turned bonds salesman, who becomes entwined in the lives of the New York super-rich in the booming 20's, and in particular his mysterious and uber wealthy neighbour Jay Gatsby (Leonardo Di Caprio), who despite seemingly having everything
Four Self-Interviews About Cinema: the short films of director Norman Reedus No. 1: INTRODUCTION by Pablo D'Stair NOTES: (1) This series originally appeared in the Montage: Cultural Paradigm (Sri Lanka) in September/October of 2011. The paperback and FREE E-BOOK has now been re-issued by Pocketful Of Scoundrel (an Imprint of KUBOA). (2) Though not
Summer Scars is the one-hour production by Julian Richards, setting itself amongst others of the ‘Broken Britain’ genre. The story is set in Wales and follows a group of young delinquents as they enjoy a day of hot-rodding in the local forest. They soon come across Peter (Kevin Howarth), a seemingly
The British Gangster film is a fundamental field when it comes to modern UK cinema. The combination of gritty backdrops, dry humor and brimmed with violence plots make this genre a prevalent one, albeit some might say a little over done. However, whether it’s meant to or not, award winning
Matthew McConaughey is an easy punchline. Coming off like a walking, talking stoner caricature, doing ludicrous things like getting caught playing the Bongos naked or being shirtless 99.9999% of the time, he may as well be a lazily written movie star parody in Californication. After establishing credibility in Indie movies
