Stanley KuBLOG: Lolita – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective
Lolita is an odd film but is a first for Kubrick. His first non-genre film, the adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel, tells...
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Stanley Kubrick’s fourth feature film Paths of Glory is his first to establish him as the complete product. This is the first of his...
Read MoreStanley KuBLOG: The Killing – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective
Okay, we can stop mucking about now. After a couple of shaky starts, Kubrick with The Killing finally makes a fantastic film. Released in...
Read MoreStanley KuBLOG: Killer’s Kiss – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective
Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith) is a 29-year-old welterweight New York boxer at the fag end of his career. Across from his apartment, he...
Read MoreStanley KuBLOG: Fear and Desire – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective
Stanley KuBLOG – The Man with a Camera and a Beard Following the completion of the Steven SpielBLOG, it was natural to have a look...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: Ready Player One – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
The snake swallows its tail with Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s pop culture Alternative Reality fantasy Ready...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: The Post – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
The election of Donald Trump came as a shock to liberal Hollywood and lifelong Democrat and declared Obama supporter Steven Spielberg. His...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: The BFG – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
Following the high-speed adventure of Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn, Steven Spielberg returned to the CGI motion capture uncanny...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: Bridge of Spies – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
Steven Spielberg has it appears two ways of approaching films. One is the passion project that takes years of dithering and gestation...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: War Horse – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
Steven Spielberg is sometimes Steven Spielberg and sometimes not. Jurassic Park is very Steven Spielberg; Catch Me if You Can is not....
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