Earlier this week, it would have been Roger Ebert’s 72nd birthday. Sadly, last year he died. The cinema world lost quite possibly its greatest and most beloved critic. Yes, the cinema community actually LOVED a man paid to tell the general public if the film we worked for months on was actually any good. That…
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An Appreciation of…Bill Murray (1950 – present)
Bill Murray is one of the funniest human beings ever to live, and along with Martin Short and Steve Martin is a part of my Holy Trinity of Comedy. The man owns the internet and every film he is in, and if the stories I read about Bill Murray are true, that means he is…
An Appreciation of…Harold Ramis (1944 – 2014)
One of the most consistently genius but tragically underrated players in comedy has sadly died at the age of 69. Harold Ramis is the man behind Groundhog Day, one of the most iconic and beloved comedies of all time, and one that revolutionised what comedy can go and to which limits it can go, and which…
An Appreciation of…Christopher Guest (1948 – )
I want to pay tribute this week to one of the greatest artists in cinema history who I feel is painfully underrated and doesn’t receive the popular acclaim he does. That is why this week, I am Appreciating the great Christopher Guest… In recent years, our most popular comedy shows have all been mockumentaries –…
An Appreciation of…Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967 – 2014)
The cinema world mourns the death of one of the greatest actors in history Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death was cut short due to the misuse and abuse of drugs. This proves how dangerous drugs are in destroying an artist’s potential. It is not right to blame him for his death, because the demons this man…
An Appreciation of…The “Before…” Trilogy
There have been many memorable screen couples – Abbott and Costello, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. A personal favourite is that of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy – they were, for many years and spanning many films, the sexiest screen couple you could possibly see (their behind-the-scenes escapes notwithstanding),…
An Appreciation of…Peter O’Toole (1932 – 2013)
This is the first in my series of homages to some cinematic greats, both living and dead, and what influence they have had on cinema and viewers such as me ———————————————————————————————————————- It seems almost saddening to realize that Peter O’Toole is no longer with us. He was often taken for granted – in his early…
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