The second film by Alfred Hitchcock in the Alphabet Challenge is for V and ‘Vertigo’ from 1958. One of the four films that James Stewart would make with Hitchock, and only two that were not overtly a more theatre setting, Vertigo is a dark pyschological thriller. Stewart plays John “Scottie” Ferguson a police detective in San Francisco, who has retired following
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Letter ‘E’ of the Alphabet Challenge – it’s the 1979 drama ‘Escape from Alcatraz’. Based on the true story of the 1962 actual escape from the island prison in San Francisco bay, the story follows a number of inmates (mainly Frank Morris – played by Clint Eastwood) firstly showing daily life in the prison evolving into their endeavours as they
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To the third film in the X-Men series – X-Men : The Last Stand. Following the huge success of X2, Bryan Singer opted to leave the franchise, in order to take on the challenge of Superman Returns rather than the third film in the franchise. Leaving only a partly formed notion for the 3rd film, Singer handed over the reigns to director
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So we reach the latest (prior to the upcoming release of the new Captain America movie) film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – the 2015 Ant Man. Directed by Peyton Reed (Yes Man, The Break Up, Down with Love), the film has a screenplay that was written by the group of Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz),
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