Pulp Fiction is still a frequent feature on many scriptwriting and favourite film lists. Perhaps it doesn’t quite seem it like it but well over 20 years have passed since the film’s release in 1994. Earning many accolades and rave reviews for best screenplay, for many, the film and its scriptwriter Quentin Tarantino’s style (it […]
Author: George Cromack
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The 10 Best Sherlock Holmes Movies of All Time
Having been portrayed on screen in excess of two hundred and fifty times, producing any list of film titles featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes (who first appeared in print in 1887) is no easy task. The earliest known Homes film is thought to be Sherlock Holmes Baffled a thirty-five second U.S short made […]
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10 Great Movies That Can Teach You Scriptwriting Lessons
Writing a script for the screen is no simple task despite the various hints, tips and formulas which circulate. There are no ‘rules’ or guarantees to success but there are many key factors to consider. It is always useful for the screenwriter to be able to dissect and analyse just what makes a particular film […]
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The 20 Best British Movies of The Past 5 Years
The past five years have marked a changing time for British Film, increased cuts to sources of funding since the global recession are perhaps what has resulted in the number of co-productions within this list. Pinning down an exact theme or trend is difficult but there does seem to be a slightly more innovative shift […]
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10 Great British Folk Horror Films That Are Worth Your Time
In a 2010 BBC documentary, the programme focusing on British Horror of the 60’s and 70’s, presenter Mark Gatiss made reference to a small sub-genre one might term as Folk Horror. This grouped together a trio of films (included in this list) which displayed common traits that could be argued set a certain group of […]
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The 20 Best British Films of The 2000s
As the new millennium dawned, British Cinema was still benefitting from the ‘cool Britannia’ mood perpetuated by the various Curtis-like romantic comedies popularised in the latter half of the previous decade. The plus side of this was that there was now an eager audience made once again appreciative of British film production both past and […]