On March 9th 2006, the epic free-running crane scene from “Casino Royale” was filmed. By this point in the film we had already had Daniel Craig’s brutal black and white introduction to the role of 007 and a classic and memorable Bond song by Chris Cornell. But in this sequence (featuring world-class free-runner Sebastien Fourcan as … Read more
On March 8th 1998, the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards gave a lifetime achievement award to Elizabeth Taylor, star of such classic films as “National Velvet”, “Butterfield 8”, Cleopatra and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. The big winner on the night was “As Good as It Gets” with both Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt doing the double … Read more
Movie joy I found recently was a series of interviews called “Movies That Made Me” that Radio 1’s Ali Plumb has done with movie stars reviewing their past works. Some of them – notably Matt Damon and Emily Blunt – are really insightful and funny. These are well worth a look if you are able to … Read more
On this day in 1927, Fritz Lang’s extraordinary film “Metropolis” was first shown in the US. “Metropolis” can claim to be the first feature length science fiction film. Set in 2026 (so we still have 9 years to get it right!) the film’s actress Brigitte Helm plays the heroine Maria as well as her robot … Read more
Jean Harlow (b. 1911) was born. An early sex-symbol, “The Blonde Bombshell” was ‘found’ by Howard Hughes and launched into stardom through her appearance in 1930’s “Hell’s Angels”. She later starred in MGM films of the 1930’s including “Dinner at Eight” (1933) and “Reckless” (1935) before tragically dying of kidney failure at the age of … Read more