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Spotlight: Animal Kingdom
Cleaver Patterson and Kieron Moore pull out their binoculars for a close-up look at some of the movies where the…
Play: Minimal Movie Posters
In an attempt to make the internet a more exciting place, The Big Picture has created a new game. The…
Issue 22 is out!
The spring 2014 issue is here and boy, it sure is worth the wait! The Spring 2014 issue’s theme of…
Lost Classics: Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993)
Cinema’s dustbin is littered with movies that disappeared between the cracks or didn’t fit neatly into any easy-to-sell marketing category….
Music Matters: Jaws (Steven Spielberg 1975)
Neil Mitchell dips a tentative toe in the water as one of the most famous theme tunes in movie history…
Brand X: Gullfire from Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
Future flight – The Gullfire from Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981) “You flew the Gullfire over Leningrad. You…
Play: 50/50
The rules are simple but the answers may be a trifle harder. Simply name both the actor and the film…
One Sheet: The General (Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, 1926)
Buster Keaton’s 1926 masterpiece The General is one of the defining works of silent cinema, providing some of the greatest…
Lost Classic: Fail Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
No doubt frazzled by the Cold War running ever hotter, it is not surprising that audiences in 1964 preferred their…