Jay Cray, Editor (Film) Last night saw the gathering of Hollywood’s best and brightest at the Beverly Hills Hotel with the 71st Annual Golden Globes taking place. 12 Years a Slave won Best Motion Picture (Drama) gathering support and accolades in the run up to the Academy Awards in March. The film based on Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who is sold back into slavery, sees British director Steve McQueen […]
Jay Cray Editor (Film) Quentin Tarantino announced the title of his next feature film this week, The Hateful Eight. Following the western style of Django Unchained (2012) Tarantino’s next film looks to have parts for Christoph Waltz and a rumoured role for Nebraska actor Bruce Dern. With this announcement, we at The Global Panorama felt it was time to look back and celebrate Tarantino’s career in film. Born 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino began acting classes at the […]
Jay Cray, Editor (Film) 2013 saw the announcement of plans for a Veronica Mars film. This left many wondering how a television show cancelled nine years ago would get funding and the go ahead for filming. Rob Thomas, the creator of Veronica Mars - a neo-noir show following student Veronica Mars as she moonlights as a private detective and solves cases – wrote the feature script, which carried on the story line, however Warner Bros. decided not to […]
Gift Ruremesha Correspondent (Film) James Avery’s death on December 31, 2013, has come as a shock to most of us. Before he was an actor, Avery was in the US Navy and served in Vietnam (from 1968-1969). He then went on to write poetry and TV scripts for PBS. He won an Emmy for production during his tenure at PBS and thus won a scholarship for literature and drama at the University of California […]
Jasmina Saleh, Correspondent (Film) Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and Captain America — each of them are perhaps the most macho, brilliant and unique superheroes that I’ve ever seen work together; they starred in The Avengers. In 2012, I had anticipated this collaboration more than you can imagine. It was my favourite character, Tony Stark — genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist — who began the sequel of the five linked movies when Iron Man launched in […]
Kunal Chatterji, Correspondent (Film) People say nothing lasts forever, especially happiness. 2013 went really well for the Indian film industry but just when everything was going so smoothly, it faced a huge blow — the demise of a giant among actors, Farooq Sheikh on December 27. The actor had a heart attack while on a holiday with his family in Dubai. His funeral prayers were held on December 30 in Millat Nagar Mosque, Mumbai. […]
Lauren Perrett, Correspondent (Film) With the Oscar nominations due to be released later this month, predictions are inevitably circulating following another great year in film (something everyone says every year, we know, we know). American Hustle follows an abscam operation set in 1980s New York, and as O.Russell warns us right from the get-go “some of this actually happened.” The comedy-drama recently received an impressive seven Golden Globe nominations (most notably, best motion picture […]
Gift Ruremesha, Correspondent (Film) With the festive season about, many of you may be in the mood to watch a movie or two with friends and family over the holidays. So here is what you can expect from the cinemas over this holiday, and from the looks of it, there is something there for everyone. For the action fans there’s 47 Ronin (2013), directed by Carl Rinsch and staring Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi, Tadanobu […]
Image Courtesy: Arnold Paul, Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.| Wiki Commons Jasmina Saleh, Correspondent (Film) Every country has a set of stereotypes and Germany is no exception. When I googled “German stereotypes” the search engine offered me about 3’690’000 results and as I read through articles, blogs and yahoo answers I found that I possess some of the qualities listed making me perhaps more German than I would have […]
Yong Jo Leen, Correspondent (Film) That’s right, awards season is here again. Come January, many across the world will witness the Golden Globe Awards that are held annually. This ceremony honours film and television within the genres of drama, comedy or musical. To get you in the mood, here is a round-up of film nominations for the seventy-first Golden Globe Awards. Leading the awards ceremony are the films 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle, […]
