Five of our favourite regional contenders have been longlisted for an Academy Award, here’s what you need to know Middle Eastern cinema is riding something of a wave at present, and here are five movies from the region that have been announced on the longlist for next year’s Best Foreign Film Academy Award. The winner…
At 69, Samuel L Jackson is looking good. He’s softly spoken for the most part, with a voice that’s instantly recognizable. He’s also, of course, one of the biggest movie stars on earth. But it’s been a long journey to get to this place – his success was hard-fought, coming later in his career than…
Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a hero, ’cause, what’s a hero? But sometimes, there’s a man. The Big Lebowski turns 20 years old on March 6, and the Coen Brothers comedy take on the great Los Angeles noir films of the past is rightly considered a classic. It’s even a true cult classic with…
In 1983, Seiko debuted the 7A28 as the world’s first analog quartz chronograph watch. But it became best known as the watch that was worn by Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley in the film Aliens. Featuring a chunky panel sticking out on one side with two big chronograph buttons, it has that quasi-military futuristic look that director…
More commonly referred to as the Jaws watch. Over the years this one has built up a bit of a following and been the cause of a lot of “what’s that watch?” conversations, after being worn by Richard Dreyfuss’ character Matt Hooper in the classic 1975 film. Unavailable for decades, the Alsta watch company was resurrected in…
A recent a trailer was released for an American film called Beirut – and lots of people online were angered. “It’s not even filmed in Beirut!”, “It shows Beirut in a bad light”, “The actors were not Lebanese” and so on. It’s a familiar complaint. The plot of the film follows a U.S. diplomat (Jon…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street. But three decades on, we need to see the film as it was intended and not as something aspirational. The film was intended to be a cautionary tale on the dangers of unchecked ambition and greed. Instead, it became a siren call to…
The 14th edition of Dubai International Film Festival has announced the full list of films screening throughout the festival. It opens at the Madinat Jumeirah on 6 December with Hostiles and the closing film will be the hugely anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi – screening on 13 December, a day before it goes on general release. DIFF 2017…
As VR is becoming commonplace in our lives, experts tell EDGAR there may be real side effects. Virtual Reality is not actually new, with basic systems having come out in the 1950s, but even up until recently it was little more than a gimmick, looking more like the video for Dire Straits Money For Nothing…
They didn’t make too many of these when it was first launched in 1983, but a year later it gained worldwide fame as the watch that the Ghostbusters wore. In the film it was used to pick up “Electronic Voice Phenomena” but in reality its key feature was the ability to record messages of eight…
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