A critique on Breaking Dawn Part 2, the finale in the Twilight Saga Continue reading
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The split personality of ‘Psycho’
A comparison of Robin Wood and Jean Douchet’s critiques on Hitchcock’s Psycho. Continue reading
Oh, to be young again…
A short critique on Gossip Girl episode, War at the Roses. Continue reading
Magical Mystery Unmasked
This post covers some of the elements in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It goes into detail about the props, costumes and lighting and the iconographic elements of its genre. Continue reading
Cops and Robbers: A Critique of Miami Vice Calderone’s Return
This is a small critique of Miami Vice, a TV show aired between 1984 and 1989. This particular critique looks at the episode of Calderone’s Return. Continue reading
Movie Reviews – Filth
As you may have seen from my previous post, my last post was reviewing the brilliant film, Trainspotting. Haven’t seen it? Click here to read it! In this post I’ll be moving away from the 1996 film and I’ll be … Continue reading
Movie Reviews – Trainspotting
In this blog post I’ll be reviewing Trainspotting and my next post will review the film Filth. Although each film is directed by different directors and features different actors there are similar themes and both films are set in Edinburgh. … Continue reading
Made in Glasgow
There are a lot of films that have been made in Glasgow and this post is focusing on some of these films. This is the Glasgow Film Office website and I urge you to look at it for more detailed … Continue reading
Glaswegian Film Directors Part 2
Joseph McGrath Joseph McGrath is a Scottish film and television director as well as a screenwriter, he was born in 1930. There is not a great deal of information that can be found about this director. Filmography: Casino Royale (1967) … Continue reading
Glaswegian Film Directors Part 1
Gordon Flemyng Born in 1934, Flemyng was a Scottish director born in Glasgow, he died in 1995. Not only did he direct a number of television films but also a number of television series. Filmography: Solo for Sparrow (1962) Five … Continue reading