Film – General – Fernby Films

Vale – Sondra Locke

December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 Rodney Twelftree0 comment

Academy-Award nominated actress Sondra Locke, star of the 1970’s alongside former partner Clint Eastwood, has passed away. Born Sandra Anderson in 1944, the actress known as Sondra Locke landed her first role (following a talent contest to choose a performer) alongside Alan Arkin in The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, in 1968, a film which garnered both her and Arkin Oscar-nominations for their work. Supporting roles would follow in Cover Me Babe (1970), Willard (1971), and A Reflection of Fear (1972), and the lead role in The Second Coming Of…

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Vale – Geoff Murphy

December 4, 2018 Rodney Twelftree0 comment

Noted New Zealand filmmaker Geoff Murphy, known for directing action staples such as Under Siege 2 and Freejack, has passed away.

Opinion

The Genie Is Out: The Alternative Disney Renaissance

November 26, 2018 Rodney Twelftree2 Comments

To borrow a phrase popularised Natalie Imbruglia, I’m torn. The latter stages of this decade have become an all-consuming tsunami of pop-culture defining cinema that, for many reasons, I’m struggling to appreciate the further the wave crests. Hollywood studio Disney, for so long the paragon of family entertainment and now one of the world’s leading corporate behemoths, is responsible for my despair; not for its size or omnipresent presence within our society, but for what appears to be a streak of capitalist cannibalism overtaking it. And to again borrow from…

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Vale – Nicolas Roeg

November 25, 2018 Rodney Twelftree0 comment

Acclaimed British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, known for Don’t Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth and The Witches, has passed away.

Opinion

Cruise Control: The Last Star Standing?

November 18, 2018 Rodney Twelftree2 Comments

I was speaking to some friends recently about film (because that’s what I do), and one of them lamented the lack of A-list Hollywood superstars in modern Hollywood. Not celebrities, but legitimate, A-grade stars whose name above the title is a virtual lock for box-office success. You could probably name a slew of actors and actresses whose appeal generates plenty of online and water-cooler buzz when they’re slated to star in an upcoming film, but when you throw most of modern Hollywood up against the stars of previous generations, we…

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Vale – John Bluthal

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 Rodney Twelftree0 comment

Polish-born English-Australian actor John Bluthal, best known as the incredibly boring Frank Pickle on British television sitcom Vicar of Dibley, has passed away.