Tag: Film
Napoleon Epic Is Spectacular … But Pedants Beware
Joaquin Phoenix captivates in Ridley Scott’s portrait of the Emperor - but the film is not a painstakingly accurate history lesson.
Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa...
Why Do We Keep Wolfing Down Cinematic Junk-Food? 10 Worst Films...
The grand old tradition of compiling worst films of the year lists has come in for a bit of a battering recently, as the...
Harrison Ford Gets A Youthful Makeover In Final Outing As Indiana...
‘De-aging’ technology is used to make actor, 80, appear as a younger version of the action hero in series’ fifth instalment
Harrison Ford has been...
We Are Forever Hopelessly Devoted to You’ Olivia Newton-John Remembered by...
Dame Olivia Newton-John the top female pop vocalist of the 1970s who starred in movies including “Grease” and “Xanadu,” passed quietly on last Monday....
Even Screen Legends Eventually Retire: John Williams Hangs Up His Baton
The first time I recognised John Williams, I thought he was someone else. Two people, in fact. As a child I was one of...
Elvis, Review: You Can’t Help Falling In Love With Baz Luhrmann’s...
Austin Butler makes a seductive Elvis in this bright and splashy biopic, while Tom Hanks is hugely entertaining as his questionable manager.
When Baz Luhrmann decided...
This Is How Much Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Actors Are Making Per Film
When it comes to lucrative paydays, Netflix and Amazon are toppling the big franchises. The pandemic has changed the world in more ways than...
James Bond: It’s Hair-Raising In More Ways Than One, Says No...
James Bond: It’s Hair-Raising In Hair-raising, nail-biting, unpredictable … and that was just the chase for a cinema release date. With its pandemic speed bumps now...
Leni Riferstahl: ‘A life in film”.
With the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Opening Ceremony in Japan looming, Thrive thought this might be an appropriate time to introduce you to...
The Man From Uncle
Before I became a hopeless Bond tragic, my appetite was whetted for the cloak and dagger world by one of the great spy TV...