The Jungle Book is a famous collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling at the end of the 18th century, apparently inspired by his life in India. Roughly fifty years after the successful animated film, a new movie version of "The Jungle Book" is being released on April 15 in the UK and worldwide, and this article is brought to you by Cineworld Cinemas. Kipling, Disney and other Facts As most of you already know, Kipling was an English journalist, a short stories writer, a poet, and a … [Read more...]
True Romance
True Romance is a 1993 American action romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It is very entertaining, and it has a freshness that has reached even Tarantino's taste. He declared at a moment that he wouldn't have directed it better than Tony Scott. It is his second screenplay written for an important movie, the other one being his first low budget hit, Reservoir Dogs. I'm glad I have finally watched this movie, after noticing it on Empire Magazine's 2008 … [Read more...]
Stand Up Guys
Stand-Up Guys is the last Al Pacino movie I’ve seen. He’s not alone, of course, but it is not important. The subject is pretty lame. There is this bunch of decrepit mobsters, one played by Pacino and another one played by Christopher Walken. Walken has to kill Pacino when he came out of prison where he stayed alone because he never talked. Nobody expected him to talk, but in the last heist they pulled out, the son of a local “made” guy got killed. So this “chief” wanted Pacino dead to revenge … [Read more...]
Natalie Wood’s File Resurrected
Natalie Wood death's file has been re-opened last November, triggered finally by the launch of a book, Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, written by no other than the captain of the yacht where the Oscar nominated spent her last minutes. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it could not be concluded definitively the true nature of the death. The death certificate has been formally changed from "accidental" to "undetermined". Press of the time said Wood took the yacht's dinghy and … [Read more...]