Movies
Mich Addison in his playing days. Possibly the most unusual and heartfelt sporting tribute ever captured on camera is the subject of Italian filmmaker Raffaele Trasatti’s latest documentary – which has been entered for the first-ever Gateshead International Film Festival (GIFF). In September 2024, the Whitley Bay ice hockey community lost a beloved member when […]
Organisers of next summer’s first-ever Gateshead International Film Festival (GIFF) say North East creators and regional productions can submit their work free of charge. The inaugural GIFF is spearheaded by North Eastern filmmakers Steve Wraith and Neil Jackson, who are co-directors of the event alongside Portuguese writer and director Catarina De Cèzanne (pictured below). […]
How do we define a monster? Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein favours tragedy over terror, but the film’s power strikes in its final tranquility. Hannah Rooney goes all gothic… It’s no easy feat to take on a literary classic. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece – but if […]
ALMOST exactly 25 years ago, the movie Billy Elliot hit the big screen, shining a spotlight on the North East’s perceived ‘lack of culture’. So what’s changed since then? Are we still a culture-free zone, or has the region raised its cultural game? Adam Robson reports. When Jamie Bell first danced his way across […]
“Live-action adaptation”—a phrase that Hollywood seems to be in love with but sends shivers down my spine. It only reinforces the fear that original IPs and stories are all but dead in cinema. No matter how cherished the originals are, most modern reimaginings fail to capture the magic of animation or what it achieved for […]
Nothing strikes more fear into the hearts and minds of m0vie or gaming fans than the words ‘video-game’. A history of embarrassing failures have plagued this genre, saved very briefly by the likes of this Sonic franchise and 2023’s Illumination animation The Super Mario Bros. Movie. However, the reputation of the genre is still in […]
To give some brief context, the first Moana proved to be a smash hit at the box-office, grossing six hundred and forty million dollars, having cost one hundred and fifty million dollars to make. However, it was such a hit on streaming that the sequel was planned to be on Disney Plus which is something […]
*This review contains a spoiler for Gladiator*. As I sat down to watch Gladiator II, I noticed that I was the youngest member of the audience by quite a bit. It very quickly dawned on me that what I seemed to be witnessing was the same resurgence that Top Gun: Maverick saw which I was […]
When the first Paddington came out ten years ago – where did all that time go? – it is safe to say everyone was worried as to how it would turn out. Much to everyone’s relief, it was absolutely brilliant and everything you would’ve wanted out of a Paddington film. Inevitably, given it’s runaway success, […]
Bah, humbug! It appears as though the cinematic holiday season begins with a lump of coal rather than a brightly wrapped, bow-tied gift. Around this time of year, we always get your average cheesy, hallmark romcom or family drama that audiences seem to eat up. I, however, do prefer the occasional festive flick that offers […]
