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Steve Martin and Carl Reiner – A Comedy Pair For the Ages
In interview after interview and speech after speech, Steve Martin always cites one of his major in…
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Steve Martin - Acting other People’s Words
When it comes to absolute influences to me creatively, Steve Martin is one of the biggest. Whether …
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Halloween – THE WHOLE SAGA (Part Two)
This article looks at the films released from 1989 – 2002.
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Halloween – THE WHOLE SAGA (Part One)
The Halloween series is one of the most convoluted and messy horror franchises we have ever had. Wh…
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“The American Dream is a product”: Comparing Arthur Miller and David Mamet’s portrayal of the salesmen of said Dream.
“Happiness comes not in fulfilling the dream but in ever believing in it and reaching for it"…
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Giving Up Berlin - Comparing the presentation and dissection of America and the nuclear family in Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and William’s “Cat on a hot tin roof”
Within both Edward Albee’s “ Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and Tennessee William’s “ Cat on…
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Triple Bill: Written and Directed by Colin Higgins
Truly one of the great losses in comedy film history is that of Colin Higgins, who after his major …
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‘More Than a Study in the Tragedy of Mundanity’; A Study of ‘Everyday Tragedy’ within Alan Bennett’s “Talking Heads”
In 1988, Alan Bennett did something rather unprecedented for the theatrical landscape of the era of…
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Brian De Palma, “the Modern Master of Suspense” (Part Four – 00s and Onward)
This is a continuation of last week’s article exploring the earlier works of Brian De Palma. Cred…
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Brian De Palma, “the Modern Master of Suspense” (Part Three - 90’s)
This is a continuation of last week’s article, exploring the works of writer and director Brain De …
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Brian De Palma, “the Modern Master of Suspense” (Part Two – 80s)
This is a continuation of last week’s article, exploring the works of writer and director Brain De …
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Brian De Palma, “the Modern Master of Suspense” (Part One – 60s and 70’s)
Over the course of the next three articles, I will explore and look at (in some cases for the fir…
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Mike Nichols: The Greatest (The 00’s)
The end is always nigh. Such is the pain of life. But lets not eulogise just yet, whilst we still h…
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My Top 20 Films of the Year (Start of February 2023 – End of January 2024)
*I choose these dates wholly arbitrarily based upon my U.K residence and the fact that due to my co…
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Mike Nichols: The Greatest (The 90’s)
I keep waiting to write the introduction where I note that this was Nichols weakest decade, and y…
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Mike Nichols: The Greatest (The 80’s)
The 80s for Nichols in film marked the beginning of one of his most successful and triumphant creat…
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Mike Nichols: The Greatest (The 70’s)
The 70s were perhaps the first decade where Nichols could start getting projects made, rather than …
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Mike Nichols: The Greatest (The 60s)
This is a run of articles I have wanted to write for a very long time. When we talk about the great…
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Stephen King’s 1970’s, Where ‘IT’ all Began for the King of Horror (Part Three)
Below concludes the lecture script...
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Stephen King’s 1970’s, Where ‘IT’ all Began for the King of Horror (Part Two)
Below is the continued lecture script for a lecture from my series 'The World of Pop Culture …
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