Last year saw the great beginning to a film franchise based on a best-selling book The Hunger Games. And while young adult books would always live in the shadows of Twilight, this better, bigger and bolder series seems to be blazing past all expectations and transcending age. The first instalment of this epic series was a good effort. Although director Gary Ross has handed over the reins to Francis Lawrence, we are now following a rather impressive smoke trail with the sequel Catching Fire.
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Last year saw the great beginning to a film franchise based on a best-selling book The Hunger Games. And while young adult books would always live in the shadows of Twilight, this better, bigger and bolder series seems to be blazing past all expectations and transcending age. The first instalment of this epic series was a good effort. Although director Gary Ross has handed over the reins to Francis Lawrence, we are now following a rather impressive smoke trail with the sequel Catching Fire. by Leah Stone Since reading The Hunger Games books five years ago, I was introduced to a post-apocalyptic world, whose central entertainment was to watch 24 kids fight to the death in a big arena. I loved it. I wasn’t filled with my usual dread when they announced there was going to be a film. Sometimes I am sceptical, like many people, about how true to the book the films would be, and if they were all that necessary. But I was excited. Queue the end of my back-story. by Jo Johnstone A lot can be said of Tim Burton as a director. To some Burton is a one trick pony; obsessed with the gothic and unable to tell a coherent story. To others Burton is the creator of mystic dreams; adirector with a unique style that he applies to his body of work from drama to fantasy as well as his animations. Burton’s films in the last ten years may have become more commercially successful but are generally considered to lack the detail and brilliance of his earlier work. The 90’s are seen to be Burton’s heyday of film spanning such classics as Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Closing the decade Burton chose to direct a film inspired by a short story and featuring an array of American folk law. Sleepy Hollow stars Johnny Depp as well as Christina Ricci in a film that demonstrates Burtons talents at their very best. by Robbie Jones Gary Oldman is one of the greatest actors of all time. If there is anyone reading this that does not agree with that statement, I will fight you. That is no lie. But seriously, the man is a legend. Whether it be villainous roles such as True Romance and Leon, or playing the good guy like Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, the man knows how to light up the screen with is presence. But how would you react if I told you this man has never won an Oscar? No, seriously, I’m not lying. Gary doesn’t have a little golden guy sitting on his shelf and that is an utter disgrace. by Matthew Howe The story of my solitude If my solitude were a fish It'd be so enormous, so militant A whale would get out of there In 1975, a bad English to Japanese translation of an obscure novel (called Fish Story) inspires Gekirin, a Japanese proto-punk band, to write a song called Fish Story. The band's first and only album (also called Fish Story) flops, the band breaks up, fades into obscurity having missed the punk revolution by just a few years. Yet Fish Story, the song that is the one true expression of their artistry, lives on. It echoes through the decades to the year 2012 when a comet on a collision course threatens to destroy the world. But there is one last hope: Fish Story. by Paul Costello The person I’m going to tell you about today is perhaps going to seem like a weird choice for the series. He’s a producer of films, often the kinds of films that are deeply important to those who made them ("labour of love" is the term he mostly used). He’s also made such a slew of crap, you’d think he was on a one-man mission to kill movies. He doesn't necessarily seem like the kind of guy who does it for the love of movies, rather for the love of money. However, it’s not really for his skills as a creator of movies that I want to talk about. I mean, that as well, but mostly it’s because of his ingenuity in doing so. by Max Bosshart One can argue who is more influential in horror movie and there are people who will disagree with this list, many people were left off this list, and maybe some changes could have been made. Its not fool proof and is the opinion of one man. This is one view on the most influential directors in horror history. |
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