With the recent release of the slasher film, Halloween, a reboot of the 1978 classic, we explore the films that scared the living daylights out of you as a child. Next month sees the 30th anniversary of the horror-comedy Child’s Play, which introduced the childhood-scarring Chucky to the world and featured in many a nightmares. […]
Drew Struzan is movie poster artist, with a career spanning more than 3 decades and known for his illustration work on more than 150 movie posters. Here we offer a glimpse into the illustrated world of movie posters by Drew Struzan. Over the last 30 years he has created some of the most iconic movie […]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg who co-produced the film with Kathleen Kennedy. The screenplay was written by Melissa Mathison. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote and Pat Welsh. The storyline follows Elliott, a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., […]
The Goonies is a 1985 film directed by Richard Donner who co-produced the film with Harvey Bernhard. The screenplay was written by Chris Columbus and is based on the story by Steven Spielberg. It stars Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, Anne Ramsey, Robert Davi, Joe […]
Hook is a 1991 film directed by Steven Spielberg. It was co-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gerald R. Molen. The screenplay was co-written by Jim V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo based on the story by Jim V. Hart and Nick Castle. Hook stars Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie […]
Thomas Jung (known as Tom Jung) was born on 13th February 1942 and is an advertising art director, graphic designer and illustrator who is best known for his movie poster artwork and his work as a motion picture storyboard artist. Tom has worked on movie poster artwork for films such as Doctor Zhivago, Grand Prix, […]
Richard Amsel was born on 4th December 1947 and passed away on 17th November 1985. He was an illustrator and graphic designer. Unfortunately, his career was brief after being struck down with illness but stunningly successful, entailing a wide variety of commercial illustration work including album and magazine covers, it is perhaps Richard Amsel’s movie […]
Sean Connery’s humble beginnings, growing up in a working class neighborhood in Edinburgh, Scotland, gave no indication of the achievements that were destined to come. Sean was born into a working class family on 25th August 1930. The oldest of two boys, he spent much of his youth working at menial jobs, just to get […]
Casualties of War is a 1989 film directed by Brian De Palma. It was produced by Art Linson with the screenplay being written by David Rabe. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo and Thuy Thu Le. The film is based on the actual events of an […]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third instalment in the Indiana Jones franchise. Harrison Ford reprises the title role and Sean Connery plays Indiana’s father, Henry Jones, Sr. Other cast members featured include Alison Doody, […]
The Back to the Future franchise is a film series written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett L. […]
Jurassic World is a 2015 adventure film and is the fourth instalment of the Jurassic Park series. The film was directed and co-written by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, and stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. The production companies were Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, also responsible for the rest of […]
Jurassic World is a 2015 adventure film and is the fourth instalment of the Jurassic Park series. The film was directed and co-written by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, and stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. The production companies were Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, also responsible for the rest of […]
Jaws 2 is a 1978 thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. The screenplay was written by Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler based on the characters created by Peter Benchley. Jaws 2 is the first sequel to Steven Spielberg’s Jaws released in 1975, and the second instalment […]
Jurassic Park is a 1993 sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen. The screenplay was written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp based on Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park. Even before his novel was published, four studios had put in bids for its film rights. With […]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Frank Marshall. The screenplay was written by David Koepp based on the story created by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson and characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Indiana Jones and the […]