Alexandre Dumas’s classic novel was first filmed by James Whale in 1939 and most recently in 1998 with Leonardo DiCaprio, but Mike Newell’s version sticks faithfully...
Despite labouring under the advertising tagline ‘Stirring – in the seeing! Precious – in the remembering!’ Frank Capra’s 1939 classic was originally intended to be a...
When American independent cinema made its triumphant return to form, and lucrative success, in the mid-’80s, Spike Lee was at the forefront. Famously made for little...
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is a failing street puppeteer married to pet shop owner Lotte (Cameron Diaz). Needing money, he takes a job as a filing...
‘There’s a real affection for bumbling crime stories,’ says director Alan Taylor of his movie debut, inspired by the short stories of Italo Calvino. ‘I’m not...
Westerns in the ’50s frequently contained the message that Americans and Native Americans must live in harmony together, and Comanche is a fine example of the...
Classic western that, despite lukewarm reviews, took $100m at the box office, astonishing at the time, as well as receiving seven Oscar nominations (winning four) and...
Compensation for Kevin Costner, left on the cutting-room floor in Kasdan’s The Big Chill, came when the director offered him a role in this western aimed...
On a Texas chain gang, convict Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr (Steve Zahn) picks a fight with a legendary psycho, to the dismay of their neighbour, conman...
Anna Sewell’s book is one of the all-time best-sellers and James Hill’s film is a reasonably faithful interpretation of the famous horse’s adventures and misadventures. From...