Steven Spielberg borrowed the underwater POV shots from the 1950s Universal monster movie but eclipsed them with confident and beautiful cinematography–and masterful pacing. Chrissie Watkins,…
In a recent interview with Forbes, John McTiernan, the director behind Die Hard, The Thomas Crown Affair and Predator, expressed dismay at the state of…
Ever since the release of Oppenheimer, there has been much speculation about Christopher Nolan’s next film. The internet was abuzz at the possibility of Nolan…
Jaws 2 is the best of the sequels to the Steven Spielberg classic, but it is basically a retread of the first film and not…
Quentin Tarantino wanted to direct Casino Royale starring Pierce Brosnan. Although vocal about his intentions, EON Productions never called and soon after Brosnan was let…
Stanley Kubrick wanted the meaning of 2001: A Space Odyssey to be ambiguous, left open to interpretation by the audience. He told Playboy magazine in…
The helicopter attack in From Russia With Love is often unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of the celebrated crop-duster chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By…
The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner in the middle of the night is a cliche Hitchcock…
North By Northwest hit theaters sixty-five years ago instantly earning its reputation as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s top spy thrillers. While filled with iconic imagery and…
In the 1970s, Steven Spielberg approached EON Productions three times to direct a James Bond movie, and each time Bond’s producer Albert R. Broccoli turned…