“You’re so cool, Kung Fu” | House (1977)
As with all national cinema industries, Japan has seen a variety of highs and lows. If the 1950s and the 1960s were the golden age of Japanese cinema, then the […]
“Filigree, apogee, pedigree, perigee!” | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
It is the year 1940. An apprentice witch-in-training attempts to master a spell that will enable her to animate soldiers’ uniforms and send an unstoppable magical army into Nazi Germany. […]
“The only winning move” | WarGames (1983)
Teenager David Lightman, obsessed with his new personal computer, uses it to hack into a telephone network and access pre-release videogames. He has made a mistake. He has not hacked […]
“It’s the end of the world.” | The Birds (1963)
It seems unlikely that there is a film director more widely known than Alfred Hitchcock. Through numerous iconic feature films – primarily thrillers – he managed to carve a […]
“I shouldn’t have come” | It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
Sometimes you can’t go home again. In 1952 movie-goers around the world fell in love with Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s vibrant, toe-tapping musical Singin’ in the Rain. They […]
“It’s tough to be a god” | The Road to El Dorado (2000)
In August 1994 the Walt Disney Company was responsible for the number one feature film in America (The Lion King), the number one CD in the Billboard charts (The Lion […]
“It’s a science experiment” | Back to the Future Part III (1990)
In Back to the Future Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) travelled back in time 30 years from 1985 to 1955, using a time machine invented by the eccentric scientist Emmett […]
